Teen Driving Stats by Dosomething.com

Driving with your friends? Statistics say that teens ages 16-19 are four times more likely to experience an automobile accident than older drivers, and of over half of these accidents there are more than one teen in the car. Because of this, teens are disproportionately involved in crashes as drivers and well as passengers.

Fact 1

14% of all deaths due to driving accidents are a teen driver.

Fact 2

53% of automobile deaths involving teenagers occur on the weekends.

Fact 3

45% of the time, teen drivers killed in automobile accidents also had a fellow teen or youth in the vehicle.

Fact 4

Of all teens that were fatally injured in a driving accident, 1/3 of those accidents were speed related.

Fact 5

Teen drivers' lifestyle of staying up late cause teen drivers to have a higher risk of automobile accident due to drowsiness.

Fact 6

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.

Fact 7

This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported accidents.

Fact 8

Crash rate per mile driven is twice as high for 16 year olds as it is for 18-19 years.

Fact 9

Teenage males are statistically at a higher risk for accidents than teenage females. Two out of every three teenage driver accidents involves a male driver.

Fact 10

Car crashes are the #1 cause of deaths for 16 year olds. Automobile crashes are the leading cause of teen deaths in the United States.

Fact 11

At 35 mph, a 2 second lapse in attention means you've traveled 100 feet without looking!

Fact 12

Teens have the lowest seat belt use rate of all drivers. This rate becomes worse when there are other teens in the car.

Fact 13

During the first year of licensed driving, 1-in-5 male and about 1-in-10 female 16-year old drivers will have a crash.