• Fact: Teens make up only 7% of the total driving population, but account for 14% of all fatal crashes.
  
• Fact: Car accidents are the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 19.
  
• Fact: Teens are involved in over 2 million accidents annually, killing over 8,000.
  
• Fact: In the last 10 years more teens have been killed in car accidents than soldiers killed in the Vietnam War!
  
• Fact: 22% of all speed related crashes are between 15 and 20 years of age.
  
• Fact: 90% of teens rate inexperience as the leading causes of these accidents.

Something needs to be done to change these statistics.

One giant step forward in changing these statistics is the graduated driving program. 33 states have adopted some form of this program. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) reports that this has already resulted in a 13% drop in teen driving accidents.

Parents need to be more involved in training new teen drivers to improve these numbers even further.