Carmarthenshire invites parents to young-driver course on 26 October

Parents and guardians of learner and newly qualified drivers in Carmarthenshire are being invited to a course on Monday 26 October, as the council reports nearly 450 young people taking part in recent road safety activities. The Parents of Young Drivers Course is intended to help families support drivers in their early years behind the wheel. The council’s announcement gives the date but does not set out a venue, start time, charge or booking instructions. Anyone interested should check those arrangements with the council’s Road Safety Team before making plans.

The casualty figures behind the programme

Carmarthenshire County Council says 102 people aged 17 to 24 were killed or seriously injured on the county’s roads between 2022 and 2024. That age group accounted for around a quarter of all people killed or seriously injured locally during those three years. The figure combines deaths and serious injuries. It is not a count of deaths alone, and does not describe casualties in the current year.

What young people have been offered

Mega Drive 2026 included sessions on speeding, distraction, drink and drug driving, seatbelts and vehicle safety, alongside supervised driving with an approved instructor. The council reports 245 Year 12 students from Dyffryn Aman, Bro Myrddin and Queen Elizabeth High School attending over three days at the United Counties Showground. A further day was held for Coleg Sir Gâr’s Gelli Aur Campus. The Road Safety Team also spoke to around 50 young drivers at two motoring events and almost 150 students at college freshers’ fairs. Those are the council’s separate activity figures, rather than evidence of a measured reduction in road injuries. The announcement describes participation and the risks the programme addresses. It does not provide an evaluation showing whether driving behaviour or casualty rates have changed as a result.