• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among American teenagers, killing between 5,000 and 6,000 teenagers every year.
• Teenage drivers account for 12.6 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes.
• The fatal crash rates among 16 to 19 year-olds is four times that of older drivers.
• Risk is the highest at age 16, when the fatal crash rate is 40 percent higher than for 18 year-olds and 30 percent higher than for 19- year-olds.
• 89 percent of teens said their parents have the biggest influence on how they drive
• 56 percent of teens said they make and answer cell phone calls while driving
• 13 percent of teens said they send and respond to text messages while driving
• Riding in a bus is 79 times safer than in a car

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