Impassioned pleas have been made to young drivers following one of the worst ever spate of deaths on Wiltshire roads in the space of just three weeks.

Six young men have died and five have been injured in crashes in the county since November 15.

The county was already reeling from the deaths of Max Lewis, 19, from Seend and Max Pearson, 21, from Marlborough when at 10.40pm on Friday three men aged between 18 and 20 died in an accident in Quartermaster Road on the West Wiltshire Trading Estate in Westbury.

Chad McVeigh, 18, Jordan Taylor, 20 and Nathan Cox, 20 all died at the scene after their car crashed into a parked lorry. A sixth driver in his early 20s - DJ Graeme Comlay - died in a crash on the A360, between Devizes and Salisbury, near the New Cut crossroads on Monday, November 24.

This week firefighters, police, doctors, and a vicar all spoke out to urge young people to take extra care.

Vicar Renee Coulson, who led the funeral service for Max Lewis last week, said: “Young people often think they are invincible but a death of a child brings pain beyond belief. We all occasionally drive in a careless way but I would just urge them to be aware.

“I remember when I first passed my test my instructor said to me, you are now in charge of a murder weapon, and that is a salutary way to think about it.”

Max’s mum Nicola told mourners at her son’s funeral: “Please, young people, try to keep yourselves safe, because it is just too hard to lose you.”

Swift Medics, which sends emergency doctors to some of the county’s worst crashes, and its organiser Dr Jonathan Glover called for the messages given out to young drivers to be even more hard-hitting.

He said: “Some of the videos shown to young drivers in other countries really pull no punches. If I have to see the blood at an accident scene, I don’t see why young drivers shouldn’t see it too.”

His organisation is part of the Safe Drive Stay Alive campaign led by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Yesterday the roadshow was at the Neeld Hall in Chippenham to warn students from Hardenhuish, Abbeyfield, Sheldon and Corsham Schools about the dangers of speed and lack of concentration. It involves talks from emergency services, and relatives of victims.

Thousands of young people across the county have seen the presentation since it began in 2007. In that time the numbers of young people dying on Wiltshire’s roads has decreased. In 2006 there were 41 deaths and in 2013 there were 25.

In 2014 there have been a total of 24 deaths of young people in crashes – including the three at Westbury.

Ian Hopkins, road safety development manager at Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “The importance of talking to young people is to make them understand their responsibilities when they become drivers.

“This Safe Drive Stay Alive campaign is to make them aware of this. We have victims of road accidents so the young people get an idea of the impact they have on other people’s lives, as well as their own.”

Chippenham MP Duncan Hames called on Wiltshire Council to review speed limits in the county.

He said: “These tragic incidents on our roads in recent weeks have taken a heavy toll on local families.

“I would like Wiltshire Council as the highways authority to look again at the appropriate speeds for its roads and how best to enforce them.

“It should be in a good position to step back and look across this sadly too long a list of accidents and to learn lessons.”