Philip Vassallo was 17 when he was killed in car accident, while driving in Penrith in July last year.

From the family's heartache comes the Blue Datto Foundation, dedicated to help schools deliver a behavioural road safety program for year 10 students.

"It can never bring him back, but as much as we can we want to prevent anyone experiencing this," said Erin Vassallo, Philip's aunt and chief executive of the Blue Datto Foundation

The foundation is named in honour of Philip's prized car, a light blue, refurbished Datsun ute, and it was launched on Friday at the Bede Polding College in South Windsor, the first school to sign on to the program.

"It's based on behavioural methods, rather than scare tactics," Ms Vassallo said.

"Research suggests kids work by behaviour: if you scare them they think it will never happen to them. So it will involve a relationship and teamwork approach."

Teaching young drivers to have the courage to ask another driver to slow down, identifying road risks and fostering self awareness are some of the skills the short course would cover.

"We really want to get to them before they establish bad habits."

In 2013, 21 per cent of people involved in fatal crashes were aged 17-25, despite this age group accounting for just 14 per cent of licence holders.

"The NSW Government is determined to change that," said NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Stuart Ayres.

The Blue Datto Foundation hopes to launch its program in schools by term four this year.