However, people who adhere to the limits cite safety studies which support their views. Teenage Drivers Crash More Automobile crashes are the number one killers of teens, accounting for more than 5,000 deaths per year. In addition, 16-year old drivers were involved in 10,337 crashes per 100,000,000 vehicle miles of travel. The rate for 17-year olds was just 3,229. These are alarming statistics when 41.8 percent of 16-year olds hold a drivers license.
Parents can take steps to help prevent or reduce the number of crashes involving teen drivers.
Unfortunately, none of these suggestions totally safeguards against crashes by teen drivers, but their practical application may prevent injury or death to teens and others. Our Traffic Safety Unit is currently working on over fifty projects concerning dangerous intersections, roadways and citizen complaints. Major projects are concerned with speeding and stop sign violations in several sub-divisions and neighborhoods. Officers have researched the top intersections, and are currently determining the causes of those crashes, in an effort to reduce crashes at those intersections. If you have a traffic concern, a question or if you would like to make a general comment, please complete a Traffic Safety Comment Sheet and submit to the Huntersville Police Department, attention Traffic Safety Unit.