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Accidents (Recently Qualified Drivers)

Volume 729: debated on Wednesday 25 May 1966

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asked the Minister of Transport if she will take steps to obtain and publish figures to show the proportion of drivers who are involved in an accident in the first year after they have passed their driving test.

It would require a special survey of considerable size to obtain this information and my right hon. Friend does not think it would be so valuable as to justify taking the place of work already planned. The evidence already indicates that the risk of having a road accident falls with experience.