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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and its partner, the Ford Motor Company Fund, just released a new and deeply unsettling report. The new document seeks to shed further light on the leading cause for teen driver fatalities in the United States – speeding.
According to the study, traffic deaths have spiked during the current health crisis, and this new report seeks to examine the correlation between speeding and teen driving accidents. Based on research, GHSA and Ford believe that speeding plays a significant role in teen driver fatalities.
Apparently, for the studied period of 2015 to 2019, young drivers (aged 16 to 19) have unfortunately accounted for “a greater proportion of speeding-related fatalities (43%) than all other age groups (30%).”
That means there’s a need for authorities and other parties to get more involved to identify tools, technology, education, and training that would be useful to mitigate these risky driving practices.
The report, which is embedded below as a PDF file, is titled “Teens and Speeding: Breaking the Deadly Cycle.” Research scientists describe it as a “first look in recent years at the role speeding plays in teen driver deaths and incorporates recently released data that includes state-by-state statistics.”
The analysis found out that during the studied period, which includes data through 2019, no less than 4,930 teen drivers and passengers lost their lives in speeding-related traffic accidents, unfortunately.
In addition, the report highlights interesting finds, such as that in “speeding-related fatal crashes involving teens – the driver is more likely to be male, have run off the road or rolled the vehicle, and be unbuckled.”
These sad findings are also compounded by the conclusion that teens driving with friends are at a higher risk of getting involved in a speeding-related fatal accident, as the risk of a crash rises exponentially with each additional passenger. And this comes right after finding out that overall traffic crashes have surged during the current health crisis.
Fortunately, there are some safeguarding measures that can be taken to mitigate the risk of teen driver accidents. The GHSA and Ford report identified a range of real-world practical tools to rein down on risky driving behavior. These are best served along with the latest technology – such as tracking apps on the teen’s phone or in-vehicle features that allow parents to limit a vehicle’s maximum speed.
Apparently, for the studied period of 2015 to 2019, young drivers (aged 16 to 19) have unfortunately accounted for “a greater proportion of speeding-related fatalities (43%) than all other age groups (30%).”
That means there’s a need for authorities and other parties to get more involved to identify tools, technology, education, and training that would be useful to mitigate these risky driving practices.
The report, which is embedded below as a PDF file, is titled “Teens and Speeding: Breaking the Deadly Cycle.” Research scientists describe it as a “first look in recent years at the role speeding plays in teen driver deaths and incorporates recently released data that includes state-by-state statistics.”
The analysis found out that during the studied period, which includes data through 2019, no less than 4,930 teen drivers and passengers lost their lives in speeding-related traffic accidents, unfortunately.
In addition, the report highlights interesting finds, such as that in “speeding-related fatal crashes involving teens – the driver is more likely to be male, have run off the road or rolled the vehicle, and be unbuckled.”
These sad findings are also compounded by the conclusion that teens driving with friends are at a higher risk of getting involved in a speeding-related fatal accident, as the risk of a crash rises exponentially with each additional passenger. And this comes right after finding out that overall traffic crashes have surged during the current health crisis.
Fortunately, there are some safeguarding measures that can be taken to mitigate the risk of teen driver accidents. The GHSA and Ford report identified a range of real-world practical tools to rein down on risky driving behavior. These are best served along with the latest technology – such as tracking apps on the teen’s phone or in-vehicle features that allow parents to limit a vehicle’s maximum speed.
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