In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, published today, campaigners urge the Government to live up to a promise to launch consultation on measures such as night-time curfews on young motorists, minimum one year learning periods and a zero tolerance on alcohol.
Ministers promised in March to publish proposals by the end of the Spring. Campaigners are worried the Government will not only miss the self-imposed deadline but that they end up watering down the plans.
The ABI, Association of Police Chiefs, road safety charity Brake, and the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs have now grouped together with other organisations in the biggest ever collective call for action.
The ABI's Louise Hanson, assistant director for strategy, said: "If this Government doesn't act we will continue to see young lives being wasted."
She added support of the Farmers Clubs and ACPO in the call for action should silence critics who claim a crackdown would not be supported in rural areas - and would be impossible to police.
Nearly, 2,500 people aged 16 to 25 were killed in 2011 or suffered serious injuries on Britain's roads while driving a car or being driven by another young motorist.
In the letter the 8 organisations say:
"Despite each casualty being a needless waste of life and heart-breaking for families, successive governments have failed to take decisive action to stop this tragic loss of young lives.
We welcome this Government's interest in improving driver safety and are calling for it to seize the opportunity.
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"We need a genuine and open debate about the combination of changes to the testing and training system that has the best chance of making our roads safer for young people and everyone one."
The ABI last summer called for under 25s to be forced to learn to drive for a minimum of 12 months and for a controversial curfew on night time driving in a bid to tackle accidents by younger motorists.
Other measures included limiting the number of passengers allowed in a car with a new young drivers.
The ABI vowed its members would cut the cost of insurance for young motorists if it's measures were implemented in full.
Insurers claim that younger drivers make up just 12 per cent of licence holders but are involved in a quarter of all road deaths and serious accidents.
Campaigners believe the Government is worried about the effect a crackdown on young motorists would have on mobility, particularly in the countryside.
But a Michelin study revealed by the Daily Telegraph in May showed 17 to 25 year-old drivers were twice as likely to crash on rural roads.
Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive of road safety charity Brake added:
"The longer the Government leaves this the more people will lose their lives, the more people will suffer injuries.
We have been campaigning for years but in the past all we have seen is people talking about tinkering with driving tests. That's not enough, we need to see bold action and as quickly as possible."
