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Teenagers urged to watch out for their 'mates'

22/06/2010

Transport for London (TfL) is urging teenagers to be careful on the roads with the beginning of its summer safety campaign.

Called 'Look out for your mates', the campaign seeks to build on the momentum of the latest road safety figures, which reveal there were 18% fewer 13-17-year-olds killed or seriously injured (KSI) on London's roads in 2009.

According to the organisation, the number of KSIs fell from 367 in 2008 to 301 last year - a figure that includes 17 deaths.

TfL says that there has been almost a 55% decline in KSIs since 2000. It adds that London has already exceeded child safety targets for 2010 that were set out a decade ago in the Government's document Tomorrow's roads: safer for everyone. This required child KSI figures to be cut by 50%.

However, teenagers are still the most vulnerable group for road accidents, according to the body. Reasons for this include the number of young people travelling to secondary school, alongside teenagers' growing independence as they spend more time with their friends.

Mayor of London transport adviser Kulveer Ranger said: "For the numbers to be going in the right direction year on year proves we are doing something right.

"But the grim fact is that 17 teenagers died on London's roads last year, and 284 others were seriously injured.

"That is 301 casualties too many and means we cannot afford to be complacent."

In September last year, The Lancet medical journal published research which found that road accidents are the single biggest cause of death for young people aged 10-24 worldwide, accounting for 10% of all fatalities in the age group.

However, the effect of road accidents is far more pronounced in the UK, causing 30% of male deaths, and 17% of female deaths in this age group.

Meanwhile, young drivers continue to be at risk for a variety of reasons. Research conducted last year found that young drivers are "dangerously influenced" by their peers.

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