Statistics
Basic Facts About Teen Crashes
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- Teens behind the wheel and their peer passengers account for one in every five deaths to 15 to 19-year-olds in the U.S.
- Motor vehicle crashes kill nearly five times as many teens as cancer or poisoning.
Source:
For “teens behind the wheel and their teen passengers” and “other motor vehicle traffic-related”: 2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Other motor vehicle traffic-related” deaths include all other teen deaths involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public which result in death within 30 days of the crash. Data source for all other leading causes of death: Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For “teens behind the wheel and their teen passengers” and “other motor vehicle traffic-related”: 2009 Fatality Analysis Reporting System, National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “Other motor vehicle traffic-related” deaths include all other teen deaths involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public which result in death within 30 days of the crash. Data source for all other leading causes of death: Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
