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Road Safety Week highlights car accidents the biggest killer of young people
Tue, 22 Nov 2011

Road Safety Week (21-27 November) is co-ordinated by the accident-prevention charity Brake and the theme of the event this year is ‘Too Young to Die’.

Brake has teamed up with partners around the UK to highlight the fact that road crashes are the biggest killer of young people and is appealing for action to prevent needless tragedies involving young drivers and passengers.

Thousands of organisations, schools and community groups around the country are taking part in the Week to get the message across about how to make roads safer and prevent devastating crashes.

According to casualty statistics published by Brake, a young person is killed on UK roads every 18 hours . Every hour-and-a-half, another young person suffers a serious injury which in many cases can be life-changing such as brain damage, paralysis or limb loss. Also, young drivers are involved in a disproportionately high number of crashes that kill and injure road users of all ages.

Julie Townsend, campaigns director at Brake, said: "The focus of our campaign this year is tackling the terrible loss of young lives on our roads, and helping young people to be safer."
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