A 17 year old P1 driver is four times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than a driver over 26

1. Injury is the single biggest killer of Australian youth; more than all other causes combined
2. 45 per cent of all young Australian injury deaths are due to road traffic crashes
3. The injury death rate for Indigenous youth is 5 times greater than for non-Indigenous youth
4. Of all hospitalisations of young Australians, almost half are drivers involved in a road traffic crash and another quarter are passengers
5. Young drivers (17-25 years) represent one-quarter of all Australian road deaths, but are only 10-15% of the licensed driver population
6. A 17 year old driver with a P1 licence is four times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash than a driver over 26 years
7. The biggest killer of young drivers is speeding and around 80 per cent of those killed are male
8. One-third of all speeding drivers and rider in fatal crashes are males aged 17-25; 6 per cent are females aged 17-25

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