Teen  Driving  Statistics.
Data compiled by: Drive Home Safe.com P.O. Box 13906 Salem, Oregon 97309  

• 14% of all deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are teen drivers.
   

• Most teen driver deaths due to motor vehicle accidents occur on weekends 53% of the time.
   

• Teen drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents had a youth passenger in automobile 45% of the time. More facts below.
   

• Of teen drivers fatally injured in automobiles, more than 1/3 were speed related accidents.
   

• Teen lifestyle of staying up late make teen drivers a high risk to have an automobile accident due to drowsiness.
   

• More than any age group, teens are likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash.
   

• On the basis of current population trends, there will be 23% more 16-20- year-old drivers on the road in 2010 than there are today -- 26.1 million.
   

• This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported accidents.
   

• The 16-year-old population alone will increase from 3.5 million to over 4 million by 2010.