Official Statistics

Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Monitoring Report, 2018

The Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) Monitoring Report tracks the impact the GDL scheme has on young and newly qualified drivers concerning road safety.

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Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) monitoring report

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The aim of the Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) scheme is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries attributed to young drivers/motorcyclists in the age range 17 to 23 and to new drivers/riders in general.To assess the impact of GDL on road safety, overall statistics for collisions involving, and caused by young drivers and motorcyclists will be examined.It is intended that this report will be updated annually so that trends in these data will help determine how the introduction of GDL has contributed to movement in collisions statistics.

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Published 5 March 2020

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