Driving with Grace PowerPoint.pptx
Lesson duration is: 60 minItems in this lesson
The discussion today will focus on a topic which some people may find distressing; nonetheless it is an important topic.
What do you think is the most common cause of serious injury and death in young people?
THE ANSWER IS DRIVING!!!
The 17-24 age bracket make up 7% of all driving licences holders
However, this age bracket make up 24% of all accidents resulting in either death or serious injury
Male drivers account for 5 in 7 of these accidents
Over 1500 young people are killed or injured every year
Drivers are not always the victims
In 2024, only 29% of those killed or seriously injured were the drivers who were driving dangerously.
21% were the passengers in the car
the remaining 50% were "other" casualties, pedestrians, drivers and passengers from other cars etc...
Stephen Mahebadevan
Killed 15 year old Freddie Coleman when he lost control of his speeding car and hit Freddie and his friend as they walked to school.
Knocked Freddie into the path of a van driver who had no time to react.
Think how this must have impacted on that van driver
Sentenced to 10 years in prison
Corey Owen-Cooper
Killed his friend, Josh, 1 day after passing his driving test.
Lost control of his car when driving 50 in a 20mph zone.
Sentenced to 5 years in youth offenders institution
Colchester: Magdalen street crash
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Magdalen street crash
Makyle Bayley was killed along with 3 friends February 2025
Bayley had been out drinking.
The car was reported to be doing 94mph when it clipped a traffic island, causing the car to plough into a shop.
Key dangers for young drivers
Peer Pressure & Distraction
Night Time Driving (Between 2am and 5am)
Speeding and Over Confidence
Mobile Phone Use
Alcohol and Drugs
The Safer Roads Foundation worked with a group of young students in Essex to produce a documentary entitled 'Driving with Grace’, describing the devastating impact resulting from an accident on 6 March 2009, when Eleanor Grace McGrath, aged 14, was killed, Jack Horton, aged 16, sustained brain damage, and several other students suffered serious injuries, due to the actions of a young, thoughtless driver.
What do we think about the driver at this point?
What do we think about the driver at this point?
The driver is a young man, would you feel differently if it was a man in their 60's?
What do we think about the driver at this point?
The driver is a young man, would you feel differently if it was a man in their 60's?
Imagine if you had been the driver. How would you feel?
Who would feel comfortable speaking to up if they felt a friend was driving dangerously????
Learning objective
Driving Offences
The most common driving offences among 17-24 year olds in the UK primarily include:
Exceeding speed limit
Driving without insurance
Buzzed Driving/Driving under the influence
Using a mobile phone while driving
Driving without due care and attention
Driving outside license restrictions
Who looks at their phone when driving?
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Driving offences
careless or inconsiderate
driving
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Dangerous driving
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The consequences
Further sources of information
Remember, researching online is a valuable study skill
