A research has revealed that more than 90 per cent of parents in the UK are concerned about their children’s lives when they get into cars with inexperienced drivers.

In a fresh survey, road safety charity Brake in partnership with Leigh Day & Co solicitors found that 94 per cent of the 1,000 UK parents admitting that they fear for their children’s lives when the driver is young (17 to 21 years of age) and inexperienced.

A whopping 80 per cent of the respondents said that the G=government should legislate tough rules for young drivers’ first year behind the wheel after they pass their driving test.

Mike Penning, minister for road safety, said, "We have already taken steps to make the driving test more realistic by introducing an independent driving element and stopping the publication of test routes.”

Speaking on the topic, Penning added that the government was also mulling over plans to improve training for drivers after they clear their driving test.

Showing support for technology that prevents children from speeding, 84 per cent said they would buy it whenever is readily available.

Senior campaigns officer Ellen Booth, at Brake, said parents’ concerns about their children was right as a gruesome number of road deaths and injuries involve young people.