View from the top: Educating young drivers

Tom Woolgrove

The biggest killer of people between the ages of 17 and 24 in the UK 
is being a passenger or driver in a 
car. Our data suggests young drivers are five times more likely to make 
a claim than other drivers, increasing to 10 times as the severity of the claim increases.

In the litigious world we live in, young drivers have become feared by insurers and loved by the ‘compensation culture vultures’. Their tendency to have more frequent and more severe claims means they

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