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Teen drivers (ages 16 to 19) are involved in fatal crashes at four times the rate of adult drivers (ages 25 to 69). Each year, more than 5,000 teens are killed in motor vehicle crashes. [2] In 2022, out of 42,514 motor vehicle crash deaths in the USA, 5,239 (13%) were caused by young drivers. [3]
This makes motor vehicle collisions the leading cause of death among young adults of 15–29 years of age (360,000 die a year) and the ninth most frequent cause of death for all ages worldwide. [3] In the United States, 40,100 people died and 2.8 million were injured in crashes in 2017, [4] and around 2,000 children under 16 years old die every ...
Over a year approximately 2,000 teens die from texting while driving. [46] Texting while driving attracted interest in the media after several highly publicized car crashes were caused by texting drivers, including a May 2009 incident involving a Boston tram driver who crashed while texting his girlfriend. [ 47 ]
Statistics show an estimated 17.6 percent of fatal car crashes between 2017 and 2021 involved a drowsy driver (AAA Foundation). The majority of drowsy-driving crashes happen between midnight and 6 ...
He was charged with killing 16-year-old Hailey Smith and her brother, 19-year-old Andrew Smith, in a 2021 car crash. Man who killed two Lexington teenagers while driving drunk gets 15 years in ...
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On November 24, 2021, scuba diver Jeremy Sides searched a lake near the location of the party attended by the teenagers. [4] Sides found a submerged vehicle, but it was not Foster's Grand Am. [ 4 ] On November 30, using sonar technology, Sides found a vehicle located thirteen feet below the surface of the Calfkiller River , next to Highway 84 ...
The bill would remove state limits on how long 16- and 17-year-olds can work during school weeks. Critics worry about kids’ safety and health. Bill relaxing Kentucky’s child labor restrictions ...