GHSA SPOTLIGHT REPORT - YOUNG DRIVERS AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES: 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO ZERO

231.4% National -34.1% -11.6% -22.6% National -22.6% YOUNG DRIVERS AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES: 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO ZERO | 17 YOUNG DRIVER POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, 2002 TO 2021 What’s contributing to these significant in 1996 and subsequently adopted declines in lives lost? The drop in young by all states and D. [...] An analysis of parents and guardians 10 years of teen crash data (2005-2014) Efforts to promote the critical role segmented by younger (16-17) and older parents and guardians play in monitoring teen drivers (18-19) found the decline in and coaching their teens also has fatal crashes was greater (56%) for the contributed to the reduction in young former than the latter (44%). [...] Landmark disparity among younger and older teen research conducted by the Center drivers as to the time of day when fatal for Injury Research and Prevention at crashes occur, with older teens twice as the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia likely as their younger counterparts to be (CHOP) determined that teens are less involved in a fatal crash between midnight likely to crash and violate the law. [...] YOUNG DRIVERS AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES: 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO ZERO | 24 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE Continuing the gains made in young driver together create layers of protection to crashes and crash rates over the past help keep young drivers and those they’re two decades is essential for achieving the sharing the road with safe. [...] Researchers point to the need for a novice driver to YOUNG DRIVERS AND TRAFFIC FATALITIES: 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS ON THE ROAD TO ZERO | 26 Bolster parent/guardian and other adult involvement Young driver behavior experts agree that driver’s parent or guardian to complete parents and guardians play a key role in a seminar.