Tobias Barraclough
13 Jan 2025 · Coroner M.D. Fleming · West Yorkshire Western
This report repeats 2 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. young drivers carrying passengers
“Currently there are no legal restrictions upon the licences of young and /or newly qualified drivers and the current vehicle licensing regime permits the carrying of young persons as passengers in circumstances such as these”
Linked reports
Repeats an earlier warningCaitlin Huddleston and Skye Mitchell25 Sept 2018 · 6 years 4 months earlier
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“The carrying of passengers in the car increases the likelihood of death or injury not only to the driver but also to the passengers being carried, therefore multiplies the risk.”
This report
“Currently there are no legal restrictions upon the licences of young and /or newly qualified drivers and the current vehicle licensing regime permits the carrying of young persons as passengers in circumstances such as these”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.92 · high
Earlier report
“As set out above, the court found that it was possible that the fact that [the deceased] had only just passed his driving test contributed to the collision.”
This report
“Currently there are no legal restrictions upon the licences of young and /or newly qualified drivers and the current vehicle licensing regime permits the carrying of young persons as passengers in circumstances such as these”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“Currently there are no legal restrictions upon the licences of young and /or newly qualified drivers and the current vehicle licensing regime permits the carrying of young persons as passengers in circumstances such as these”
Later report
“newly qualified drivers may carry multiple peer-age passengers immediately after passing their test”
Responses
2025-0022-Response-from-Department-of-Transport.pdf ↗· Department for Transport
Stated action
“we are exploring options to tackle the root causes of this without unfairly penalising young drivers”