The term young driver refers to a person 15 to 20 years old operating a motor vehicle. 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 2016 fact sheet, the information on young drivers is presented as follows: * Overview * Fatalities * Driver involvement * Motorcycles * Restraint use * Speeding * 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 in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico is not included in U.S. totals). Injury estimates are not yet available for 2016, thus no injury estimates will be presented in this publication. (Author/publisher)
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