Young drivers are over-represented in traffic crashes and deaths.
Thus, they continue to be a major traffic safety concern. Further, while young drivers do only 20 percent of their driving at night, over half of the crash fatalities of adolescent drivers occur during nighttime hours. Since the recommendations were made, many states have taken the recommended action. This paper will discuss the proposals and the research that led to them and the improvements that have resulted. By 1987, the 53-percent figure had dropped to 28 percent, a reduction of nearly half.