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Riccardo Pasquali

Riccardo was 20 when his friend allowed a 17-year-old learner driver to take the wheel of his car. It was doing 90mph when she lost control Read

Rebecca Dick

Rebecca was 15 when she was killed alongside her best friend. The girls were passengers and the 19-year-old driver of the car also died. Rebecca wanted to be a nanny Read

Stephen Land

Stephen died aged 20 in a car packed with four friends coming home from a nightclub. The car clipped a kerb and rolled six times. Stephen died instantly Read

Ruaraidh Potts

Ruaraidh was 18 when he died in a friend's Land Rover after accepting a lift home from a party. The driver, a friend of Ruaraidh's, was three times the drink drive limit Read

Ross Haggerty

Ross was 20 when he died in a fireball crash. His friend, who was driving, died of extensive burns seven weeks later. His mum had lost his stepbrother in the Gulf War in 1991 Read

Steven Anderson

Steven was 17 when he lost his life in a head-on smash. He had just completed his first year training to be a mechanic and had always loved cars Read

Heather Bruce

Heather was 18 and in the car with her new boyfriend when he lost control of his Peugeot 106. She was on a gap year after training to be a nurse Read

Russell Horne

Russell was ten minutes away from his 22nd birthday when he was killed. He was cremated with the presents his parents could never give him Read

Emma Foster

Emma was 19 when she was killed with her boyfriend and another friend. She was a volunteer helper with the Red Cross and had just got engaged Read

Grant Middlemiss

Grant was 15 when he died in the backseat of a car that smashed into a lamp-post. His friend, who was driving, lost control of his dad's car at 66mph in a 30mph zone Read

Linzi Higgins

Linzi was 19 when was killed when her friend lost control and clipped a kerb. They were on their way home after a day out at Strathclyde Park Read

Ross Sneddon

Ross was five when he was mown down by a joy rider high on drink and drugs. He was holding his mum's hand when the car hit him. His wee sister survived Read

Margaret Davidson

Margaret was a young doctor when killed by a teenage driver with no licence or insurance. He was hitting 80mph in a 50mph zone and jailed for just four years Read

Ian Williams

Ian, 21, died when his friend's car smashed into an electricity pole. His mum felt something wrong when the power in their village went out Read

Michaela Tremain

Michaela was 16 and due to take her Highers when she was killed. She died instantly when her boyfriend's car hit another vehicle Read

Quick Links

After the carnage

Stop the Carnage - Police Family Liaison

Witness to horror

Emergency crews give harrowing firsthand accounts of how young lives are needlessly lost on our roads Read

The facts

Why we must act

The facts and figures behind the terrible toll on our roads expose hard truths linking accidents and young drivers Read

The links

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Want more road safety information? Here are some links to the sites of Britain's most respected road safety groups Read

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