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MORE CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT ROAD DEATHS OF YOUNG - WILLIAMS

January 8, 2010 12:42 PM

Roger Williams, MP for Brecon and Radnorshire and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Wales, has today made a plea for more to be done to stop the tragic deaths of young and newly qualified drivers on the roads of Wales.

Speaking during Welsh Questions in the Houses of Parliament, Mr Williams asked Wales Office Minister Wayne David to meet him to discuss ways to reduce the huge number of deaths and serious injuries suffered by young people each year and called for more to be done to improve driver training for young people.

Figures for 2008 show that there were 52 deaths and 378 serious injuries of people between 16 and 25 in Wales, accounting for 37% of all death and serious accidents on the roads.

In response to Mr Williams' question Mr David agreed that more needed to be done to reduce the number of young people involved in such accidents and agreed to meet Mr Williams to discuss the issue.

Commenting after Welsh Questions Mr Williams said:

"Every year we see young people lose their lives or permanently injured due to road accidents in Wales. I believe that we can do more to prevent these tragedies by improving training for young and newly qualified drivers.

"With severe weather making the roads even more treacherous this week, this issue should be at the forefront of people's minds. I do not want to see more deaths in Brecon or anywhere else in Wales that could have been avoided by better training for young people.

"I am pleased that the Minister will meet with me to discuss this issue and I hope that he will be willing to take on board some of the many new an innovative ideas suggested to me by academics and other experts including the possible introduction of graduated drivers licenses to allow young people more experience of driving before receiving their full license."

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