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We analysed official DfT data to show that the under 24s make up two thirds of new drivers based on practical test passes in 2018-19.\n\n## Get the data\n\n* Department for Transport: [DRT0203: Practical car test pass rates by gender and age of candidate: Great Britain](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-statistics-drt#car-driving-test-pass-rates-drt02)\n* CSV: [Practical driving test passes by age group in 2018-19 (car drivers)](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/night-driving/blob/master/IDT_Data_e7v5t.csv)\n\n## Quotes and interviews\n\n* Karen Jones, a driving instructor\n* Michael Ellis, road safety minister \n* Spokeswoman, Department for Transport (DfT)\n* Spokesperson, Scottish Government\n* Joshua Harris, director of campaigns for road safety charity Brake\n* Spokesperson, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)\n* Spokesperson, AA\n* Ellie, shift worker from Cambridgeshire\n\n## Visualisation\n\n* Bar chart: Young people make up two-thirds of new drivers - Practical driving test passes by age group in 2018-19 (car drivers)\n\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fnight-driving","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fnight-driving","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fnight-driving/lists"}