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change the world .”\u003Cbr>Nelson Mandela\u003Cbr>\\#SafeAt17\u003Cbr>Website:  [www.u17ccctrust.org](www.u17ccctrust.org)\u003Cbr>Email:  [info@u17ccctrust.org](info@u17ccctrust.org)\u003Cbr>[Phone: 07786 510060](Phone: 07786 510060)\u003Cbr>© The Under 17 Car Club Charitable Trust 2025\u003Cbr>No part of this document or accompanying material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. |  |  |  |\n\nContents  \n1 The Pathfinder Initiative............................................................ 3  \n1.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 3  \n1.2 Summary Outputs............................................................... 3  \n1.3 Key Considerations ............................................................. 4  \n1.4 Value for Money.................................................................. 5  \n1.5 Acknowledgements ............................................................. 6  \n2 Background to The Pathfinder Initiative ...................................... 8  \n3 The Pathfinder Survey 2024 .................................................... 10  \n4 Methodology.......................................................................... 11  \n5 Survey Key Findings 2024 ....................................................... 14  \n5.1 Collision Rates .................................................................. 15  \n6 Driving Test Performance ........................................................ 17  \n6.1 Theory /Hazard Test Performance ....................................... 18  \n6.2 Convictions ...................................................................... 19  \n6.3 About the Participants ....................................................... 20  \n6.4 From Pathfinder to DVSA Test ............................................ 21  \n6.5 Participant Reflections ....................................................... 21  \n6.6 Participants Comments ...................................................... 22  \n7 Conclusions and Reflections..................................................... 25  \n8 Appendix 1: Background: The Under 17 Car Club ....................... 27  \n9 External Validation ……………………………………………………………………….. 29  \n1 The Pathfinder Initiative  \n1.1 Introduction  \nThe Under 17 Car Club Pathfinder Initiative is an opportunity for ‘rising 17s’ to benefit from our tuition methodology and overall approach to novice driver education in the period shortly before they are eligible for a driving licence. The Pathfinder Initiative offers these students the safe driving approach pioneered by The Under 17 Car Club condensed to an intensive, typically 5-day, event and brings the Charity’s safe driving approach to a wider audience and substantially reduces collisions, risk of injury and driving offences amongst participants.  \n1.2 Summary Outputs  \nThe Pathfinder initiative was established by The Under 17 Car Club in 2008. Reviews of results were undertaken in 2014 , 2018 , 2020 and 2022 and are available for review on the Trust website: [https://u17ccctrust.org/research/](https://u17ccctrust.org/research/)  \nIn 2024 some 1345 past students from all years were invited to take part of whom 64 responded. Those candidates responding are primarily from more recent intakes. This 2024 Survey confirms that Pathfinder delivers substantial benefits to its students when compared with their peer group. 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