Western News: July 09, 2019

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Skylah’s bid to reduce road toll
A YEAR 12 Villa Maria
College student wants to help
reduce New Zealand’s road
toll.
Skylah Holmes is one of
12 students from around the
country to have been chosen
as a national student representative
for Students Against
Dangerous Driving.
Skylah will empower young
people to make safer and better
choices on the road as both
drivers and passengers.
The national leadership
programme for SADD fosters
young emerging leaders who
are passionate about safe driving
and making a difference in
their community.
As part of the programme,
Skylah, of Halswell, will travel
to different parts of the country
to participate in workshops
to develop new resources,
campaigns and ideas that will
positively impact on New Zealand’s
roads.
“I am proud to represent
Villa Maria College on this national
platform and hope that
as a team, we can make a real
difference to our nation’s road
toll,” said Skylah.
She said it is important all
young drivers understand and
appreciate what constitutes
dangerous driving, and have
tools to ensure they are safe on
the roads.
“This also goes for passengers.
I want to see the road toll
dramatically reduced, I want
everyone who heads out in
their vehicles each day to get to
their destinations safely, and
get home to their loved ones.”
Skylah said.
She is passionate about road
safety and is planning a number
of initiatives at the school
to promote road safety to her
fellow students.
“Young people can make
a difference. By teaching our
young people about road
safety, we hope this flows to
the rest of the community
and creates safer roads for
everyone,” Skylah said.
EMPOWERING: Villa Maria
College student Skylah
Holmes will be a national
representative for Students
Against Dangerous Driving.
ROAD DEATH TOLL
STATISTICS FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE
•Twenty-six people have
died on Canterbury’s roads
this year so far.
•Of those deaths, five were
aged between 0-15 years,
one was between 16-19 and
two were between 20-24.
The remaining were 25 and
older.
•The total nationwide road
death toll for the year so far
is 195 and 52 of those were
people under the age of 24.
•There were 377 road deaths
in 2018 and 104 of those
were people under the age
of 24.
•In January, a triple fatal
crash killed passengers
Craig Mcallister, 13, Brooklyn
Taylor, 13, and driver Glen
Mcallister, 16 during a police
pursuit on Blenheim Rd,
Christchurch.
•Statistics taken from
https://www.transport.govt.
nz/mot-resources/roadsafety-resources/roaddeaths/
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