The purpose of this fact sheet is to look into the scale and nature of personal injury road traffic collisions that involved one or more young car driver in the Greater London area. For the purpose of this study, a young driver is defined as being aged between 17 and 25 years inclusive. This age range was chosen to tie in with the Pass Plus – London scheme currently being promoted by Transport for London, the Driving Standards Agency and Pass Plus. The fact sheet gives an overview of the involvement of young car drivers in road traffic collisions over the period 1986 to 2004. It then looks in detail at the profile of the drivers, factors relating to the collisions and details of the resultant casualties in collisions that occurred in 2004 (the latest year for which finalised data is available). The data provided is for personal injury road traffic collisions that occurred on the public highway that were reported to the police in accordance with the Stats 19 national reporting system. (Author/publisher)
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