Drink driving remains a problem in Great Britain. The number of drink driving deaths and serious injuries has declined in recent years, but despite this drink driving still accounts for 1 in 6 deaths and 1 in 20 serious injuries on the road, with young people disproportionally effected. Improving young driver safety is a live political and public debate. With the delay and then postponement of a promised Government green paper on young driver safety in 2013/14, public discussion has turned to the learning to drive process, driver testing options and developments to the post licence regime. For now at least, with the 2015 general election on the horizon, no further legislative change is expected. The RAC Foundation and RoadSafe, with the support of AB InBev and the IAM commissioned this report to establish what might be done today, to reduce death and serious injury on the road amongst young adults. This work seeks to inform the development of effective communication activities and interventions aimed at making car travel safer for young adults on social occasions involving alcohol. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting