Young Most At Risk Of Death Behind The Wheel

By Richard Suchet, Sky News Reporter

Young people accounted for 25% of all car deaths and injuries in 2011, new figures reveal ahead of Road Safety Week.

More than 1,500 17 to 24-year-olds in the UK were killed or seriously injured while driving a car last year, according to the Department for Transport.

Kelly Phillips, 17, from Surrey, died in 2005 when the car she was a passenger in hit a tree at 80mph.

She had been sitting in a car listening to music with a 17-year-old boy who did not yet have his licence.

Kelly's sister, Abi (left), and mother, Della

The decision to go for a drive on the public road cost them both their lives.

Kelly's mother, Della Phillips, told Sky News: "I try to hide behind this facade of strength. But inside I'm crying all the time, I'm missing her all the time.

"It's like a craving, you're not seeing the memories you expected to see when you have a child."

Ms Phillips is now backing a free education campaign called Driver IQ - an online education programme that puts pre-drivers and novices through potentially hazardous road scenarios. 

The Driver IQ campaign

Some 350 schools and 30,000 young people already use the programme but it could be rolled out to thousands more.

She said: "When it comes to young people being safer in cars, lack of knowledge can kill. I know that only too well.

"We want every mum and dad out there to ensure their child and their child's school/college uses Drive IQ straightaway as it addresses attitude and behaviour.

"We have to tackle this issue right now." 

Road Safety Week runs from November 19 to November 25. For more information visit the website www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk.

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