The bulletin uses personal injury road accident data for Wales and compares personal injury accidents in Wales that involve young drivers (aged between 17 and 25 inclusive) with those involving other drivers. The figures cover accidents up to the year 2005 as a whole. Some of the main findings are shown below: * Young male drivers are over 6 times more likely to be involved in an accident than older drivers (aged 26 and over; all older drivers, males and females together). * Young female drivers are around 3 times more likely to be involved in an accident than older drivers (aged 26 and over; all older drivers, males and females together). * All young drivers are between 4 and 5 times more likely to be involved in an accident than older drivers (aged 26 and over; all older drivers, males and females together). * Since 1999, the reduction in total accidents has been the result of a fall in accidents amongst older drivers. * During 2005, young drivers were involved in 3,559 personal injury road accidents in Wales. This represented over two-fifths (41 per cent) of all personal injury road accidents in Wales. * 435 of these accidents (12 per cent of all accidents involving this group) resulted in either fatal or seriously injured casualties. * This proportion of 17 to 25 year old drivers involved in accidents varies across Wales. The proportion is relatively higher in the Valleys, and on the Isle of Anglesey. (Author/publisher)
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