Road safety initiative Young Driver delivers landmark lesson
A road safety scheme which aims to create a safer next generation of drivers has delivered a landmark 1.5 million lessons.
Young Driver teaches people to drive from the age of nine and is the largest scheme of its kind in the UK.
On average, one in five newly qualified drivers in the UK has an accident within the first six months of passing their test – but for Young Driver alumni that reduces to less than one in 25 (3.4%), an 84% reduction.
After launching in 2009, Young Driver now operates at 70 venues across England, Scotland and Wales.
Ian Mulingani, the managing director of Young Driver, said: “Everything we do is about safety and helping young people realise the responsibility that comes with being behind the wheel of a vehicle.
“Practice really does make perfect and the accident statistics for our past pupils prove this is a positive way to improve the safety of young people behind the wheel.”
