Young drivers in New Zealand are committing around 40% fewer traffic offences than a decade ago but more work is needed to address remaining high youth fatality rates from road crashes, the Automobile Association has said.<\/p>\n
In 2016, the AA Research Foundation released a report into youth (15-19 year old) traffic offences that showed a substantial decline in offending between 2009 and 2013. The Foundation has recently gathered the latest data showing this downward trend has continued to 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cFactoring in the substantial increase in young drivers over that time, overall offending rates have fallen by 41%, drunk and drugged driving by 58% and seatbelt offences by 52%,\u201d said AA road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a real positive and demonstrates that we are heading in the right direction with the various road safety initiatives and legislative and policy changes that have been undertaken over time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alongside the downward trend in offending, youth fatality rates from road crashes have also fallen. However, they remain tragically high,\u201d added Dylan.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Zealand\u2019s young drivers have the highest rates of road deaths in the OECD. These rates are substantially above older age groups in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
New Zealand currently has about 90 deaths and 600 serious injuries a year from crashes where a young driver is judged to be at fault, according to Ministry of Transport data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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