Young Farmers, supported by NFU Mutual, are launching a
national campaign today to reduce the number of young driver deaths on rural
roads, during Road Safety Week. The Drive it Home campaign is being launched at
the ProDrive Centre in Warwickshire where young racing drivers from Drive
Doctors are taking young farmers out on a wet grip activity to give them a
greater understanding of the risks of driving on challenging road surfaces such
as mud, snow and ice and how to reduce these risks. Statistics show that rural
young drivers are 37% more likely to have an injury collision on a rural road
than those who live in an urban area (Road Safety Analysis 2012). In the last
two weeks, the Federation is aware of two of its members who were killed in a
rural road traffic incident.
For more information, please visit
the National Federation Young Farmers’ Club website http://www.nfyfc.org.uk/
