How many people are killed annually by teenagers (aged around 14-21 years)?

Each Year over 5,000 teens ages 16 to 20 Die due to Fatal injuries caused Car accidents.


,490 drivers age 15-20 died in car crashes in 2006, up slightly from 2005.


Drivers age 15-20 accounted for 12.9 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes in 2006.


According to a 2005 survey of 1,000 people ages 15 and 17, conducted by the Allstate Foundation


More than half (56 percent) of young drivers use cell phones while driving,


69 percent said that they speed to keep up with traffic


64 percent said they speed to go through a yellow light.


47 percent said that passengers sometimes distract them.


Nearly half said they believed that most crashes involving teens result from drunk driving.


31 percent of teen drivers killed in 2006 had been drinking, according to NHTSA. 25 percent had a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher.





Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger (IIHS).

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