This came through on the newsfeeds. Another tragic death down to the inexperience of the driver.
With every single one of my pupils I explain the statistics associated with young, new drivers. The most common accidents involving:
- rural road
- at night
- passengers in the car
- on a bend
- no other car involved
In almost all cases, the accident comes down to inexperience, not reading the road ahead, and being unable to handle the sudden bend or feature.
In this particular case, the driver was in a Corsa, with passengers, and had been to McDonalds. The report mentions “that night”. The court concluded that she over-compensated for something whilst travelling at 50-60mph on a 60mph road, and braked too hard. This caused the car to spin out and collide with another vehicle. The driver had only had her licence for a little over six months.
Considering the story, it is like reading a tragic script that just gets repeated again and again.