Impact Teen Drivers: Help Prevent Car Accidents

Have you heard about Impact Teen Drivers? Impact Teen Drivers is a teen driving safety program that started in California and now has national reach. The following quotes demonstrate a little more about what Impact Teen Drivers has been doing.

“Since 2007, Impact Teen Drivers has been working to share with teens the dangers of reckless and distracted driving through our effective campaigns online and in schools.”

“Our message to young people is simple, yet vital: Focus on the road ahead and get to where you are going safely.”

“We have reached over 2,000,000 high school students all across America, and we continue to lead the effort in educating teens about the dangers of reckless and distracted driving.”

At Lowman Law Firm, your car accident lawyers in Spring Hill, we salute this initiative. While the great majority of teen drivers are responsible young adults who pay attention, it’s a formative time in their life and, for the, learning to drive defensively and carefully are part of their maturation process.

Did You Know?

• 83% of all teenage drivers grow up to become good successful adult drivers
• 78% of all accidents reported are not due to age but due to lack of experience is these situations
• 68% of teen drivers learn from their mistakes and do not cause the accident again

At a distance, those numbers look pretty good. However, it’s what you don’t see in those statistics which needs to be addressed. We want all of our young drivers to arrive safely and avoid automobile collisions.

If You Have Been Involved In A Car Wreck, Call Your Car Accident Lawyer In Spring Hill – Lowman Law Firm

Though the numbers above are encouraging, as we said, we’d like to all of our young drivers arrive at their destinations safely. The following statistics were compiled by the folks at Impact Teen Drivers. If you or someone you know and love has been hurt or injured in a car accident, call Lowman Law Firm, your car accident lawyer in Spring Hill.

• Teen driver crashes are the leading cause of death for our nation’s youth. The overwhelming majority of these crashes are caused by inexperience or distractions, not "thrill-seeking" or deliberate risk-taking.
• In the National Young Driver Survey 20 percent of 11th grade drivers reported at least one crash over the past year, while nearly 3 percent experienced two or more crashes.
• In 2009, 3,500 lost their lives in crashes.
• Crashes are more common among young drivers than any other age group. In the United States, 1 in 4 crash fatalities involve someone 16 to 24 years old, nearly twice as high as other age groups.
• The fatality rate for drivers ages 16 to 19, based on miles driven, is four times higher than for drivers ages 25 to 69.
• The crash fatality rate (crash fatalities/100,000 population) is highest for 16- to 17-year-olds within the first six months after licensure — and remains high through age 24.
• 60% of teenage passenger deaths in 2009 occurred in vehicles driven by other teens
• Child passengers (under age 16) driven by teenagers (ages 16 to 19) have three times the risk of injury in a crash than children driven by adults. Overall, 9 percent of child fatalities occur with a driver under age 19.
• Older child passengers, ages 12 to 17, are more likely to die in a car crash than younger children. This risk increases with each teenage year. The top three predictors for fatality are nonuse of restraints, teen drivers and roads with speed limits of 45 mph or higher. (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, March 2008)

If Your Teen Has Been Injured In An Auto Accident, Call Lowman Law Firm, Your Spring Hill Car Accident Lawyer

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