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Motor vehicle crashes are the second leading cause of death among teens, according to the Centers for Disease Control’s Teen Driver Fact Sheet. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1,603 drivers between the ages of 15 to 20 died in motor vehicle crashes in 2019, down 7 percent from 1,729 in 2018. Drivers between the ages of 15 to 20 accounted for 7.8 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes in 2019. In contrast, young drivers accounted for 5.3 percent of total drivers in the United States. Twenty-four percent of drivers between the ages of 15 to 20 who were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2019 had been drinking some amount of alcohol; 15 percent were alcohol-impaired, which is defined by a blood alcohol content of 0.08 grams per deciliter or higher in most states. In 2019, 46 percent of drivers ages 15 to 20 involved in accidents were found not to be using a seatbelt or other restraint (in situations where the use of restraint was known).
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IHHS), graduated licensing systems in U.S. states and Canadian provinces have reduced crashes substantially. Two national studies by the IIHS and the Highway Loss Data Institute found that strong restrictions on nighttime driving and teenage passengers, along with delaying licensing age, reduce fatal crashes and insurance losses for teenage drivers. In addition, the studies found that delaying permit age reduces fatal crashes and that increasing practice hours reduces insurance losses.
A 2018 study from Global Telematics at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a U.K. risk management consulting company, showed that the number of drivers between the ages of 17 and 19 who were killed or seriously injured in crashes in the U.K. fell by 35 percent since 2011. (By contrast, fatalities among young drivers, age 15 to 20, rose 4.3 percent in the United States between 2011 and 2016.) The study says that drivers of all ages are 16 percent less likely to die in crashes when they use telematic insurance, known as usage-based insurance (UBI) in the United States. UBI analyzes data about a driver’s behavior submitted by an electronic device in the driver’s car.
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Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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(1) Per 100,000 licensed drivers in each age group.
(2) Includes drivers under the age of 16 and of unknown age.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Federal Highway Administration.
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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(1) Alcohol-impaired driving crashes are crashes that involve at least one driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 grams per deciliter or above, the legal definition of alcohol-impaired driving in most states.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.