The majority of people killed in teen driver crashes are people other than the teen driver themselves, according to an analysis of a decade of crash data by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
The analysis shows that young novice drivers comprise slightly more than one-third of all the fatalities in crashes in which they are involved; whereas nearly two-thirds of those killed are other vehicle users and pedestrians. AAA says these statistics provide new urgency to its advocacy efforts to strengthen graduated licensing laws (GDL).
Between 1995 and 2004, crashes involving 15- to 17-year-old drivers killed 30,917 people nationwide, of which 36 percent were the teen drivers themselves. The remaining 64 percent included: 9,847 passengers of the 15 to 17-year-old drivers; 7,477 occupants of other vehicles operated by drivers at least 18 years of age; 2,323 non-motorists; and 93 others/unknowns.
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