'How many more young people need to die before action is taken?'
27.05.2024 - 13:43
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
The parents of a "truly amazing" teenager who was tragically killed in a car crash are demanding urgent action to tackle the "unacceptable" high number of road deaths in young people.
Georgia Ogden, a Congleton High student had been a passenger in a Suzuki Swift when the young and inexperienced driver collided with a lorry at a junction in Astbury. The 17-year-old sadly died at the Royal Stoke hospital in 2020.
Nearly four years on and Mandy and Mark are now part of campaign group, Forget-me-not Families Uniting, which consists of 40 bereaved parents, united in calling for immediate action. The group are calling on the Government to save young lives through the introduction of Graduated Driving Licensing and the creation of an expert panel to advise the Government on how Graduated Driving Licensing in the UK should look.
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According to the action group, figures show that young drivers between the ages of 17 and 24 are involved in 24 per cent of all collisions in Britain resulting in death or serious injury - even though that age range accounts for just 7 per cent of the total driving population, Cheshire Live reports.
Speaking on behalf of the group, bereaved parent and founder Sharron Huddleston said: “Enough is enough! How many more young people need to die before action is taken? We can’t sit back any longer and just watch as more and more young people are killed or seriously injured in road collisions.
"Our group was formed as a means of reaching out to the Government collectively, as individual contacts resulted in no action. I have been campaigning for years and nobody has listened, despite all of the overwhelming evidence that has been
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