Motor vehicle crash deaths among 13-19 year-olds by sex, 1975-2020
Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Graduated driver licensing laws and insurance collision claim frequencies of teenage drivers. Graduated licensing laws and fatal crashes of teenage drivers: A national study. Strong restrictions on nighttime driving and teen passengers, as well as raising the licensing age, reduced rates of fatal crashes and insurance collision claims. National studies of graduated licensing found that strong laws were associated with substantially lower fatal crash rates and substantially lower insurance claim rates among young teen drivers covered by the laws.
Risk is highest at ages 16-17.īeginning in the mid-1990s, all states adopted graduated licensing systems, which phase in full driving privileges. (2020). The fatal crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year-olds is nearly 3 times the rate for drivers ages 20 and over. In the United States, teenagers drive less than all but the oldest people, but their numbers of crashes and crash deaths are disproportionately high.
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