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Maeve Bannister

Young drivers with own cars at higher risk of crashes

It's safer to let young drivers borrow the family car than buy them one of their own. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Young drivers with their own car are at a much higher risk of crashing than those who share the family car.

A study of 20,000 NSW drivers on their red P-plates found those with their own car were 2.7 times more likely to be involved in crashes resulting in hospitalisation or death in the first year after getting their licence.

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