Government statistics typically quantify the number of teen drivers and their passengers who have died in motor vehicle crashes. This report investigates the number of people, other than the teen driver, who have died in crashes involving young drivers, such as teen drivers’ passengers, drivers and passengers of other vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The report reveals the extent of fatalities among other road users : nearly two other individuals are killed for every teen driver killed. As teen driver deaths have declined during recent years, though, there has been a large drop in deaths of other road users. So, although teen crashes put everyone at risk, everyone stands to benefit from safety improvements that reduce teen driver crashes. (Author/publisher)
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