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Research designed to help young drivers to be safer on our roads: DRIVE

• Largest study of young drivers ever undertaken
• Will provide insight into why young drivers are so highly represented in crash data
• Will investigate risky driving behaviour, mental health, sleep habits, education and training

Road safety researchers at The George Institute will release results of the largest study of young drivers in 2009.

Over 20,000 young drivers took part in the DRIVE study, all provisional drivers holding NSW red 'P1' plates and aged 17-24 years. The study will demonstrate the importance of potential determinants of motor vehicle-related crashes and injuries among young drivers, including road risk perceptions, risky driving behaviours, pre-licensing driving experience, training and education, mental health, and sleep habits.

Understanding young driver behaviour will help inform road safety policy and young driver education right across Australia.