Roads: Accidents
(asked on 8th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many young drivers have been involved in road traffic accidents in each of the last two years.
The Department only holds data on police reported road collisions involving personal injury in Great Britain. The number of young drivers and car drivers aged between 17 and 24 involved in road accidents are shown in the table below for years 2015 and 2016.
Number of young1 drivers/riders2 and car drivers involved3 in personal injury accidents in Great Britain, 2015 and 2016 | ||
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Year | Drivers/riders aged 17 to 24 involved in road accidents | Car drivers aged 17 to 24 involved in road accidents |
2015 | 40,097 | 28,928 |
2016 | 38,400 | 27,717 |
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| Source: DfT STATS19 |
1 Young drivers/riders are defined as aged between 17 and 24 | ||
2 Drivers/riders of all vehicles, including motorcycle, pedal cycle and horse riders | ||
3 Note that this does not mean that the driver/rider or passenger of their vehicle is necessarily injured. | ||