For every teen killed in a motor vehicle crash, more than 100 are injured. Crash rates of teen drivers on a per-mile basis are four to eight times higher than those of older drivers. From the Institute for Highway Safety Crashes involving teen drivers are more likely to involve a single vehicle, driver error, and speeding than those involving any other age group. From the American Academy of Pediatrics Motor vehicle-related crashes are the leading cause of death in youths from 15 through 20 years of age, resulting in more than 5000 such deaths annually.
Young men are at especially high risk, having nearly twice the risk of fatality as young women.
For every adolescent killed in a motor vehicle crash, about 100 nonfatal injuries occur. Crashes are a leading cause of disability related to head and spinal cord injury in this age group. Nighttime driving is inherently more difficult and challenging for novice drivers - a teenager is more than four times as likely to be killed while driving at night than during the day. The use of alcohol and drugs by adolescents puts them at particularly great risk - alcohol use plays a role in about one third of all fatal crashes involving teens. Quotes delayed a minimum of 20 min.