Road crashes are the biggest killer of young people in the UK today and yet road safety does not merit the same priority as issues such as knife crime or drugs.
As well as issuing road safety policy statements and working with government and the media, the IAM RoadSmart Policy & Research Team undertake research into driver behaviour and a range of other road safety issues. Following are a sample of our recent published reports.
The over-representation of young drivers in road accidents is well known and widely reported. Thirty per cent of car occupant fatalities are drivers aged 17-24, or passengers of a driver aged 17-24. Yet this group only forms eight per cent of all license holders.
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