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Although teen drivers represent only approximately 6% of total drivers, they account for 14% of the fatal crashes.333 Almost 6,000 teenagers are killed each year in motor vehicle crashes.334 Approximately 300,000 teenagers are injured in motor vehicle crashes every year.335
Reckless Driving Habits
Teenage drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 are four times more likely to be involved in a car accident. 332 16 to 19 year olds have a crash rate almost twice that of 20 to 24-year-olds, almost 3 times that of 25 to 29-yearolds, and more than 4 times that of 30 to 69-year olds.336 r.337
332 Centers for Disease Control. “U.S. Motor Vehicle Injury Facts.” http://www.cdc.gov/ ncipc/whd2004/information/mv-facts.pdf 333 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Safety Facts: 2004 Data— Young Drivers. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2005. US Department of Transportation publication HS 809-918. 334 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Highway Loss Data Institute. “Fatality Facts 2005: Teenagers.” www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts/teenagers.html (2005). In: AllState, Discovery Education. “Drive it Right: talking to Teens about Safe Driving.” P. 3. http://allstate.discoveryeducation.com/resource/ResourceGuide.pdf 335 The Allstate Foundation Survey. “Chronic: A Report on the State of Teen Driving 2005.” In: AllState, Discovery Education. “Drive it Right: talking to Teens about Safe Driving.” P. 3. http://allstate.discoveryeducation.com/resource/ResourceGuide.pdf 336 Williams AF. Teenage drivers: patterns of risk. J Safety Res. 2003;34:5–15. 337 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Traffic Safety Facts: Graduated Driver Licensing System.” February 2007. In: AllState, Discovery Education. “Drive it Right: talking to Teens about Safe Driving.” P.8. http://allstate.discoveryeducation.com/ resource/ResourceGuide.pdf 85
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