As girls at a Derry school see for themselves the trauma of a car crash, a new survey reveals that speeding drivers are considered the biggest threat on our roads

Drivers who are speeding are considered to be the biggest threats on Northern Ireland’s roads, according to a survey by the charity Brake, Aviva and Specsavers to mark the start of Road Safety Week 2016.

Brake’s Road Safety Week survey asked 1,000 drivers to identify which driving behaviour from a list of six they thought posed the biggest danger. Half of drivers in Northern Ireland (50%) ranked speeding highly.

Drink- and drug-driving was ranked as the second biggest threat, being named as most dangerous by just under a third of drivers (32%) in Northern Ireland.

14% of drivers rated distraction (from something like a mobile phone) the biggest danger.

The findings of the survey were made public on the same week that pupils at a school in Derry saw up close the devastating impact of a car crash.

A crash re-enactment (pictured) was staged at St Mary’s College this week.

Representatives from the emergency services spoke to the students about the importance of being safe on the roads.