Source: AAA News Release, May 8, 2012
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released a study showing a strong association between the number and age of passengers present in a vehicle and the risk of a teen driver dying in a traffic crash. The report found that the likelihood of a 16- or 17-year-old driver being killed in a crash, per mile driven, increases with each additional young passenger in the vehicle. Compared to driving with no passengers, a 16- or 17-year-old driver's fatality risk increases 44% when carrying one passenger younger than 21 and doubles when carrying two passengers younger than 21. The risk quadruples when carrying three or more passengers younger than 21. Conversely, carrying at least one passenger aged 35 or older cuts a teen driver's risk of death by 62%, and risk of involvement in any police-reported crash by 46%, highlighting the protective influence that parents and other adults have in the car. To see the full news release, go to: www.marketwatch.com/
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released a study showing a strong association between the number and age of passengers present in a vehicle and the risk of a teen driver dying in a traffic crash. The report found that the likelihood of a 16- or 17-year-old driver being killed in a crash, per mile driven, increases with each additional young passenger in the vehicle. Compared to driving with no passengers, a 16- or 17-year-old driver's fatality risk increases 44% when carrying one passenger younger than 21 and doubles when carrying two passengers younger than 21. The risk quadruples when carrying three or more passengers younger than 21. Conversely, carrying at least one passenger aged 35 or older cuts a teen driver's risk of death by 62%, and risk of involvement in any police-reported crash by 46%, highlighting the protective influence that parents and other adults have in the car. To see the full news release, go to: www.marketwatch.com/