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- Driving is the most dangerous daily activity we can undertake.
source: www.brake.org.uk
- Car crashes are the #1 cause of death among American teenagers.
source U.S. Center for Disease Control
- The average American makes 50,000 car trips in his/her lifetime. Based on this average, the odds of being killed in a car accident are 1 in 140.
source: Richard Wilson, Analyzing the Daily Risk of Life, Technology Review
- The odds of being killed in a plane crash are 1 in 250,000.
source: National Safety Council
- In the last 100 years, 2 million Americans died in car crashes.
source: www.drdriving.com
- Over the last decade, more than 68,000 teens have died in car crashes 10,000 more than the total number of Americans who died during the Viet Nam War.
source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- More than 6,000 teens died in car crashes in the United States in 2003, and more than 500,000 suffered life-altering injuries.
source: ibid
- The per-mile fatality rate for 16- to 19-year-olds is four times that of adults.
source: ibid
- Teenagers make up only 10% of the U.S. population, but suffer 14% of all vehicular fatalities and 20% of all reported crashes.
source: ibid
- In 2002, the estimated economic cost of police-reported crashes (both fatal and non-fatal) involving drivers ages 15 to 20 was $40.8 billion.
source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Nearly half of all fatal car crashes involving teen drivers are single-car crashes. Teens are more likely than any other age group to be involved in a single-car crash.
source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- One-third of all fatal accidents involving teen drivers are caused by speed.
source: www.DriveHomeSafe.com
- The accident rate among teen drivers doubles when the number of passengers in the car increases from two to three.
source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- 61% of fatally injured teen passengers were killed in cars driven by teens.
source: ibid
- More than 60% of teens killed in car accidents were not wearing seat belts.
source: ibid
- 53% of all teen deaths due to car accidents occur during weekends.
source: ibid
- 41% of fatal crashes involving teens occur between 9 PM and 6 AM. source: ibid
- The first 1,000 hours behind the wheel are the most dangerous for teenagers.
source: ibid
- The 16-year-old population in the U.S. will increase from 3.5 million to 4 million within the next 5 years. That means there will be 26.1 million 16- to 20-year-old drivers on the nations roads by 2010, a 23% increase over the number of teens driving today.
source: www.DriveHomeSafe.com
- In Virginia alone, 92,000 new drivers receive their licenses each year in Virginia - and most of them are teens.
source: Virginia Deparment of Motor Vehicles
- The number of fatal car crashes among teens in Virginia is increasing at a rate of approximately 10% every year.
source: ibid
- In Virginia in fiscal year 2003, there were 144 fatal car crashes involving teenagers. A total of 163 teens - an average of more than three per week - died on Virginia roads in 2003.
source: ibid
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