Transport for London (TfL) urges young people to be careful on the streets with the beginning of his summer safety campaign.
Called 'Look out for your mates', to the campaign on the dynamics of the latest road safety pay to build, gave the reveal it 18% less 13-17 year olds killed or seriously injured (KSI) on London streets in 2009.
According to the organization number KSIs of 367 in 2008 to 301 fell a figure containing 17 deaths last year.
TfL says that almost 55% decline in KSIs has taken place since 2000.It adds that London already exceeded child safety objectives has for 2010, in the Government a decade ago, set out tomorrow's roads were document: for everyone sicherer.Dies needed child KSI numbers 50% reduced.
Young people are still the most vulnerable group of accidents on the road, according to the body. reasons for this include the number of young people travelling secondary school, besides teenager growing independence, because they spend more time with your friends.
Mayor of London transport consultants Kulveer Ranger said: "we are something right for the numbers to go right direction every year proves to make."
"But the grim fact is that 17 teenager died on London streets last year and 284 more were severely injured."
"This is too many 301 victims and means that we not afford to be complacent."
The Lancet medical journal published in September last year research that that road accidents are worldwide found the single largest cause of death for young people aged 10-24, accounting for 10% of all deaths in the age group.
However the impact of accidents on the road in the United Kingdom, 30% of deaths in men and 17% of female deaths in this age group causes far more pronounced.
In the meantime young drivers at risk for a variety of reasons haben.Forschung performed last year found that young drivers "dangerously be influenced by their colleagues".
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