Mission Not Accomplished: Teen Safe Driving, the Next Chapter

While the rate of teen driver-involved crashes has declined significantly over the last decade, there is still significant work to be done. A fresh look at 10 years of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) shows the improvements in teen-involved fatal crash rates have not been as dramatic for older teens (ages 18-20) as compared to their younger counterparts (ages 15-17), and teen drivers are still 1.6 times more likely to be involved in a crash than adults. The report examines the differences in fatal crashes between older and younger teens, as well as by gender, and provides a set of 11 policy and best practice recommendations for states to implement.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ghsa.org/sites/default/files/2016-12/FINAL_TeenReport16.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  http://www.ghsa.org/resources/mission-not-accomplished-teen-safe-driving-next-chapter
• Corporate Authors:

  Governors Highway Safety Association

  Washington, DC  United States 

  Ford Motor Company Fund

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• Authors:
  • Fischer, Pam
  • Retting, Richard
• Publication Date: 2016

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 40p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Best practices; Crash causes; Crash rates; Fatalities; Gender; Policy; Recommendations; Teenage drivers; Trend (Statistics)
• Identifier Terms: Fatality Analysis Reporting System
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01633383
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 28 2017 10:42AM