It's Road Safety Week this week, and organiser Brake has been releasing all sorts of alarming statistics about young drivers to raise awareness of the risks we face when out driving.
The figures for London and the South East are particularly worrying.
According to the latest Brake survey, one in five young people living in these areas admitted to having driven without a licence or young driver car insurance. The same number confessed to drink-driving at some point in the past.
As passengers, one in six had travelled in cars whose driver was either drunk or on drugs. And 13 percent had got into the passenger seat knowing their driver had no licence or motor insurance, or had stolen the car.
"Every week in London and the South East, more families and communities suffer tragic deaths and injuries caused by risk-taking young drivers," said Cathy Keeler, Brake's head of campaigns.
"Yet road deaths and injuries are preventable - through a combined effort by parents, communities and our government to help young drivers stay safe."
Brake wants to see graduated driver licensing in the UK, which would put restrictions on new drivers - like limiting the number of passengers you can carry or imposing a late night curfew.
It also wants to see compulsory road safety education in schools.
Mike Page, spokesman for the young driver car insurance specialists at Hoot, said: "The situation in the South East is particularly appalling, but we see the same trends up and down the country.
"I'm obviously in favour of any measure that could help to cut deaths and injuries among young drivers," he added.