William Radford
14 Mar 2025 · Coroner Penelope Schofield · West Sussex, Brighton and Hove
This report repeats 2 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. inexperienced drivers carrying young passengers
“inexperienced drivers are able to carry young passengers within the first six months of having passed their test”
Linked reports
Repeats an earlier warningCaitlin Huddleston and Skye Mitchell25 Sept 2018 · 6 years 6 months earlier
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“The carrying of passengers in the car increases the likelihood of death or injury not only to the driver but also to the passengers being carried, therefore multiplies the risk.”
This report
“There is currently ongoing public concern that inexperienced drivers are able to carry young passengers within the first six months of having passed their test.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high
Earlier report
“including by way of the introduction of restrictions on when they can drive and who they can carry as passengers.”
This report
“There is currently ongoing public concern that inexperienced drivers are able to carry young passengers within the first six months of having passed their test.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“where an inexperienced driver has a distraction of another young person in the car this can increase their risk of having an accident.”
Later report
“newly qualified drivers may carry multiple peer-age passengers immediately after passing their test.”
Responses
2025-0143-Response-from-Department-for-Transport-.pdf ↗· Department for Transport
Stated action
“my Department is developing the first road safety strategy in over a decade and will set out more details in due course.”