Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board

By National Transportation Safety Board

Book Id: WPLBN0000703093
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 270,219 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2006

Title:	Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board
Author:	National Transportation Safety Board
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Transportation and society, National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)
Collections:	National Transportation Safety Board Collection
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Publisher:	National Transportation Safety Board


Citation APA MLA Chicago Safety Board, N. T. (n.d.). Ntsb Safety Alert National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: Give young people the help they need to become better drivers and to save lives The grim facts: // More of our teenagers die in traffic crashes than from any other cause. // In 2003, teen drivers represented less than 7 percent of the driving population, but they accounted for more than 13 percent of the drivers involved in all deadly crashes. // More than 21 percent of all highway fatalities occur in crashes that involve our teenage drivers. // From 1997 through 2001, more than 16,600 people died in crashes involving 14- to 17-year-old drivers. // 16-year-old drivers driving alone are more than twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as older drivers. // The risk of a crash increases greatly with each additional teen passenger riding with a young teen driver. // 16-year-old drivers driving alone are more than twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as older drivers. // Two-thirds of the passengers who were killed in these teen driver crashes were teenagers themselves, between the ages of 15 and 19. // Studies from nearly a dozen States show that deaths and serious injuries from traffic crashes involving young drivers declined by as much as 58 percent following enactment of graduated licensing provisions, depending upon the provisions of the law.