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 Teen Driver Crashes Often Result in Someone Else
Getting Killed, According to AAA Foundation Analysis.
AAA Analysis Shows That California Teens
15 to 17 are at Fault in 68 percent of Fatal Crashes.
(LOS ANGELES, CA) When teen drivers
are involved in a fatal crash, someone else is usually the victim,
according to a recent analysis of 10 years of crash data by the AAA
Foundation for Traffic Safety. A separate Automobile Club of
Southern California analysis of California crash data shows that
teens 15–17 years of age were at fault in 68 percent of the fatal
crashes in which they were involved.
The new AAA Foundation study shows that, nationwide, young novice
drivers comprise slightly more than one-third of all the fatalities
in crashes in which they are involved. The remaining two-thirds of
those killed are other vehicle users and pedestrians.
In California, according to the AAA Foundation analysis, 1,976
lives were lost in crashes involving young novice drivers from
1995–2004; this included 546 drivers 15–17 years old (28 percent),
700 passengers (35.4 percent), 496 occupants of vehicles operated by
drivers at least 18 years of age (25 percent), and 233 non-motorists
(12 percent).
"It's clear from this analysis that young drivers' lack of
experience on the road is a major traffic safety issue," said the
Auto Club's Driving School Manager Kathy Downing.
The AAA Foundation analysis shows that from 1995 through 2004
crashes involving 15-, 16-, and 17-year-old drivers claimed the
lives of 30,917 people nationwide, of which only 11,177 (36.2
percent) were the teen drivers themselves. The remaining 19,740
(63.6 percent) included 9,847 passengers of the teen drivers, 7,477
occupants of other vehicles operated by drivers at least 18 years of
age, 2,323 non-motorists.
"The tragedy of teen driver crashes goes well beyond the teen
driver and their teen passengers," said Downing. "Teens too often
put others at risk and when crashes involve family members — younger
brothers or sisters — the teen and the entire family can suffer
emotional trauma that will last a lifetime," she said. "It's also
important to remember that while these statistics represent
fatalities, there are many crashes that don't result in death, but
do result in severe physical or mental injury or trauma to teen
motorists and others."
Teen drivers also tend to be disproportionately at fault for the
crashes in which they are involved. An Auto Club analysis of
California data for 1995–2004 shows that teens 15–17 years of age
were at fault in 68 percent of their fatal crashes. "This is well
above what we'd expect given that when two drivers are involved in a
crash, as is typical, there's a 50-50 chance of one of them being at
fault. It's also another indication why it's so important for
parents to limit teens from being exposed to dangerous driving
conditions and also to manage their driving experience," said Steven
Bloch, Ph.D., the Auto Club's senior research associate who analyzed
the California teen crash data.
To read the entire AAA Foundation Analysis
Click Here:
Auto Club Analysis California Teens
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