THE family of a West Somerset teenager killed in a high speed car crash are raising money to help fund a campaign to highlight the dangers of speeding and inexperienced drivers.

Seventeen-year-old Bethany Paige Adams from Williton died in January last year when the car driven by her boyfriend Charlie Blandford-Corp - who was also 17 at the time - hit a tree and rolled over at the bottom of Halsway Hill on the A358.

At the inquest into her death it emerged that Mr Blandford-Corp had passed his driving test just four months earlier and that he could have been travelling at around 80mph seconds before the fatal crash.

Now Bethany's parents Helen and Mark Adams and sister Danielle have launched a campaign - Stand Against Speed 4 Bethany.

Working with the police and other organisations, they hope to take part in roadshows and events and visit local schools and colleges to highlight the sometimes terrible consequences of speeding.

Their fundraising - starting with an Easter bingo session at Danesfield Middle School in Williton tomorrow (Saturday) - will help pay for a range of display material and for the finishing touches to be put to a miniature pink car created as an eye-catching prop to draw attention to the campaign.

Mrs Adams said 'pop-up' displays would feature photographs of the car in which Bethany died and details of what happened to her, as well as general road safety information.

She said the family would be working with the police, who were already attempting to target young, inexperienced drivers.

Officers take a '50/50' car to events - a vehicle 'zipped' in two, with one half roadworthy and the other showing a range of defects.

"They try to get young drivers to identify the illegal and legal aspects of the car," said Mrs Adams.

"They also take along the wreckage of a crashed car, which they display."

Mrs Adams said she was hoping to take the pop-up displays highlighting Bethany's tragic death to major local events, including Dunster Show and Watchet Carnival.

The family is also involved with Learn 2 Live, an initiative which aims to reduce road casualties among young people.

The organisation stages presentations - often to sixth form age students - which features film footage of a mock car crash.

"At various intervals the film is stopped and real members of the emergency services speak about incidents they have attended," said Mrs Adams.

"The film continues to the point where a family liaison officer is seen knocking on the door of a family whose loved one has been killed in a car crash.

"I have taken part and spoken about our experience and the reality of what it is like when you receive that knock on the door - the spiral of events that follows and how our lives were changed forever."

Mrs Adams and her family have already welcomed a move by West Somerset coroner Michael Rose to call on the Government to introduce new legislation to force new drivers to cut their speeds.

In the wake of Bethany's death, Mr Rose said he wanted all newly qualified drivers to be limited to 50mph on roads with a maximum speed limit of 60mph and to 60mph on motorways for their first 12 months behind the wheel.

He has also called for new drivers to have to display a sign notifying other motorists of their novice status and for the automatic levying of six penalty points and a driving ban for the breach of any driving laws in their first year on the road.

The Adams family is hoping that if the new measures and tighter controls are adopted, they can be known as Bethany's Law as a lasting tribute to the teenager's memory.

Doors open for tomorrow's fundraising bingo at 6.30pm, with eyes down at 7.30pm.