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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Teen Driving.... Watch Out!

I found some horrible statistics of accidents involving teens: reed this and you might be a little bit careful while driving.

-14% of all deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are teen drivers.
-Most teen driver deaths due to motor vehicle accidents occur on weekends 53% of the time.
-Teen drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents had a youth passenger in automobile 45% of the time.
-Of teen drivers fatally injured in automobiles, more than 1/3 were speed related accidents.
-Teen lifestyle of staying up late make teen drivers a high risk to have an automobile accident due to drowsiness.
-More than any age group, teens are likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash.
-On the basis of current population trends, there will be 23% more 16-20- year-old drivers on the road in 2010 than there are today -- 26.1 million.
-This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported accidents.
-The 16-year-old population alone will increase from 3.5 million to over 4 million by 2010.

Source: www.drivesafe.com

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