Traffic Safety Facts 2015 data : young drivers.

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National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA
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Abstract

The term young driver refers to a person 15 to 20 years old operating a motor vehicle involved in a crash. People in this age group generally obtain their licenses for the first time and many are under a graduated driver licensing program as they learn driving skills. Young, inexperienced drivers have higher crash rates than older, more experienced drivers in the United States. In this 2015 fact sheet, the information on young drivers is presented as follows: * Overview * Fatalities * Driver involvement * Motorcycles * Restraint use * Alcohol * Fatalities by state. This fact sheet contains information on fatal motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, based on data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS is a census of fatal crashes within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is not included in U.S. totals). Crash and injury statistics are based on data from the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) General Estimates System (GES). The NASS GES is a probability-based sample of police-reported crashes, from 60 locations across the country, from which estimates of national totals for injury and property-damage-only crashes are derived. (Author/publisher)

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20180186 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2017, 8 p.; DOT HS 812 363

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