Authors
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Publisher
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Website Section
Driver Types
Method
Descriptive analysis
Abstract
This factsheet summarized the results from the Measuring Changes in Teenage Driver Crash Characteristics During the Early Months of Driving by AAA. It contained descriptive statistics, recent figures, and trend analysis. North Carolina crash data from January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2008 were searched to identify crashes involving any person who had obtained an intermediate license (allowing unsupervised driving) at age 16 or 17 (N = 629,144). All crashes occurring within the first 36 months after a teen obtained a license (N = 256,975) were included in the analyses.
The study examined crashes during the first three years of driving for North Carolina teens between the ages of 16 or 17 years. Rates of crashes were measured in relation to the length of time drivers had been licensed. Similar to the full report, this factsheet concluded teen drivers were 50% more likely to crash in the first month of having a license than they were after a full year of experience. Drivers in their first month were nearly twice as likely to crash as they are after two years of experience.
Reference
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (2011) Measuring Changes in Teenage Driver Crash Characteristics During the Early Months of Driving – Factsheet. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Washington D.C.
Related Topics
Reducing, crashes, teen driver, traffic safety, teen, driving behaviors, driving, collision, young drivers, protecting, highway safety, safe, risk, countermeasure
