Safe Driving
- Texting while driving is the equivalent to 2-3 alcoholic beverages.
- “Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among those aged 15 to 20.
- 16 deaths per day
- 19 Serious injuries per day
- 6000 per year
- 400,000 serious injuries per year.
The first year of unsupervised driving is the most dangerous. The crash risk drops by more than two-thirds after a driver completes his/her first 1,500 miles of independent driving (McCartt, Shabanova & Leaf, 2001)
June July, August and October are the months with the most fatal teen MVCs.
- Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are the leading cause of death in people age 16 to 20. MVAs account for about 1/3 of deaths of people in this age group.
- People age 16 to 20 have the highest fatality rate due to MVAs than that of any other age group.
- People age 16 to 20 make up only 5% of drivers and only 3% of all the miles driven by all drivers. Any yet they are involved in 15% of traffic deaths.
- About 5000 teenagers of driving age die in automobile accidents every year.
- For every teenager killed, about 100 have injuries that are not fatal. MVAs are the leading cause of disability related to head and spinal cord injuries.
- 16-year old drivers are 20 times as likely to have an MVA as are people in the general population of drivers.
- 17-year old drivers are 6 times more likely to have an MVA as are people in the general population of drivers.
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