ABI makes teen-driver safety its top priority

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it wanted the safety of teenage drivers to become Britain's top road safety priority after government figures recently showed a dramatic 12% rise in the number of 16-19 year-old drivers and passengers killed on Britain's roads last year.

In response to this figure the association is launching a campaign to highlight these facts and to raise the issue of young drivers up the road safety agenda.

Stephen Haddrill, director general of the ABI, said: "