Although drivers aged between 15 and 25 account for just an eighth of all licence holders, they are involved in 40 per cent of road deaths, according to road safety charity Brake.
Statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that 1,297 died on Britain's roads and 11,535 were seriously injured as a result of young drivers in 2005.
This amounts to 35 dead and gravely injured people per day because of undue care and attention paid to the rules of the road by 15 to 25-year-olds.
Recently the government has raised the suggestion that schoolchildren may be taught road safety in a bid to establish good habit early on in people's lives.
Launching an information pack aimed at schools and colleges, Brake said that action should be taken now to prevent more needless deaths.
Jools Townsend, head of education at Brake, said: "Too many young people think they are invincible and fail to consider how their dangerous actions behind the wheel can kill and maim themselves, their friends and other road users.
"It's essential that we target secondary school and college students with practical, and potentially life-saving, information on safe driving."
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