Did you know . . .
- 14% of deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are teenagers.
- Teenage deaths due to motor vehicle accidents occur weekends 53% of the time.
- Teen drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents had a youth passenger in automobile 45% of the time.
- Of teen drivers fatally injured in automobiles, more than 1/3 were speed related accidents.
- Teen lifestyle of staying up late make teen drivers a high risk to have an automobile accident due to drowsiness.
- More than any age group, teens are likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash.
- On the basis of current population trends, there will be 23% more 16-20- year-old drivers on the road in 2010 than there are today -- 26.1 million.
- This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported accidents.
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Create by: Brooke Banther March 2005
