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A new national website has been launched to bring clarity, consistency and collaboration to efforts to reduce young driver risk in the...

Whether we call it graduated or progressive licensing, the name isn’t what matters - what matters is that we act.” - Chief Constable Jo...

“My heart is broken and nothing in this life will ever mend it. I feel a physical pain when I see her photograph or when a memory comes to mind or when I see a little girl with bunches in her hair. I know I was lucky to have a daughter like Margaret but then I knew that when she was alive.” - Elizabeth Davidson, victim impact statement

As a road safety marketing and PR professional of more than 20 years, I’ve had the privilege - and the heartbreak - of working with families whose lives have been torn apart by road crashes involving young drivers. The trauma is lasting. The grief doesn’t fade. And the injustice runs deep, because these crashes are not random tragedies - they are preventable.

West Yorkshire’s Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime has joined with victims’ families to call for the introduction of Graduated Driving Licensing (GDL).

A Parliamentary drop-in event titled “Protecting Young Drivers” took place today, bringing together bereaved families, emergency services, public health professionals, and road safety experts to highlight the continued toll of road crashes involving young drivers.

More than 100,000 people have backed a petition by bereaved mother Crystal Owen, delivered to Downing Street in memory of her son Harvey, calling for urgent action to make young drivers safer.

A Sky News special report highlighted international surprise at the UK’s failure to adopt Graduated Driving Licensing (GDL), despite its proven success in countries like Canada. Experts and bereaved parents called for urgent action, as the UK Government confirmed GDL is not currently under consideration.