My oldest son's driver permit arrived in the mail today. He's fifteen and we are driving through this important rite of passage that all American youth look forward to with great anticipation. We have made a few drives around the neighborhood and have even ventured across town to the church building. I have to admit, he's not half bad and I'm not nearly as scared as I thought I would be. With this subject in mind, let me share a few sobering statistics:
16-year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age. it is estimated that 16-year-olds are 3 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.
In the decade of the 1990s, 63,000 teens ages 15-19 died in traffic crashes, which is more than 120 each week.
Two teens in a car increases the likelihood of a crash by 86%, three teens by 182%, according to research conducted by Johns Hopkins University.
Only about 20% of teen driving occurred at night, but approximately 50% of teen fatalities occurred during the hours of darkness.
Traffic crashes are the number one cause of death among the children and young adults.
The number one cause of death for 15-20 year olds is car collissions.
53% of teen deaths occur on weekends.
There are plenty more statistics provided at www.5myteen.com.
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