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Banning newly-passed motorists from driving at night will reduce the traffic accident rate and save up to 200 lives every year, a new study has said.
Researchers from Cardiff University have called for the introduction of a Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) scheme to ban young motorists from driving at night, from drinking any alcohol before driving and carrying passengers of a similar age.
The team believes that restricting newly-qualified drivers aged between 17 and 24 years of age will cut injuries such as broken bones or burns from traffic accidents by 1,700 a year.
"Most people in this country know someone who has been touched by the death or injury of a young driver," explained Sarah Jones, who carried out the study.
"GDL works in other countries and there's no good reason why it wouldn't work here."
The study comes as figures in the US reveal road deaths are at their lowest since 1950, though mobile phones are increasingly distracting drivers.
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