Speeding?
Elouise Parker
Speeding
What is the issue?
Speeding is the largest killer on Australian roads, contributing to 40% of road fatalities. Between 2008 and 2012, 818 were killed and over 4000 injured from speed related crashes.
How it is affecting young driver?
Speeding is the largest killer on Australian roads, contributing to 40% of road fatalities. Between 2008 and 2012, 818 were killed and over 4000 injured from speed related crashes.
How it is affecting young driver?
- 45% of all young injury deaths are due to road crashes
- Indigenous youth are 5 times more likely to be involved in a speed related crash
- A 17 year old driver with a Provisional License is 4 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than a driver over the age of 26
- 80% of young driver killed due to speeding are male
- 1 in 3 speeding drivers are males between 17 - 26, with only 6% being young females