'Fifth of teens drink driving'

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A smaller number, one in fourteen (7%), admitted driving while under the influence of drugs.

The findings were the result of a study by road safety charity Brake and Co-operative Insurance.

Researchers who quizzed 3,118 teenagers aged 17 and 18 found a third (32%) of those who responded had been a passenger with a driver who was drunk or on drugs.

The study is further evidence that young people continue to gamble with their lives, and those of others, on the roads.

Government figures showed, on average, three teenagers aged 17 or 18 are killed or seriously injured in vehicle crashes in the UK every day.

A Government paper to be published in the next few months is expected to suggest ministers consider an overhaul of driver training in a bid to cut the toll.

Jools Townsend, of Brake, said the charity's Too Young to Die campaign promotes life-saving messages to teenagers. He called on the Government to take action to tackle crashes involving young drivers.

He said: "Every day young drivers kill and seriously injure themselves and others through a deadly combination of inexperience and taking risks like drink and drug driving.

"We are demanding that the Government moves forward with an overhaul of driver training and testing and introduces graduated driver licensing, which has been highly effective in cutting casualties in other countries."