Media & Insights

Evidence, practical guidance and developments from BRAKE’s work.

A single editorial home for public insights, BRAKE news, research interpretation, media coverage and enquiries.

Featured insight

Why young drivers face greater risk.

The transition from supervised learning to independent driving changes exposure, support and the number of decisions a young person must manage alone.

This plain-language guide explains how experience, development, peers and road context interact, and why preparation should begin earlier.

Read the evidenceUnderstand the transition without blame, fear or a single-cause explanation.

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Insights will be commissioned and organised around questions audiences are genuinely asking. They will not be published simply to keep a news feed active.

Young driver riskDevelopment, experience, passengers, fatigue and independent driving.Parents and carersPractical guidance across each stage of growing independence.E-mobilityReadiness, changing regulation and safer use of e-scooters and e-bikes.

Media centre

Clear information for journalists and public communication.

The media centre will provide current organisational descriptions, approved leadership biographies, program facts, recent releases, selected coverage and a direct enquiry route.

Coverage will be presented as independent recognition of relevant work, not as a collection of alarming headlines.

Media enquiriesContact BRAKE for comment, interviews, background or program information.Organisation factsEstablished 2006, registered Australian charity, programs available Australia-wide.Australian statisticsSourced context for reporting about young road users.

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