Lucy+Teenager+moter+vehicle+accidents+group+notes


 * Motor vehicle accidents remain the leading cause of death in youths from 16 to 20 years of age.
 * The motor vehicle fatality rate of teenagers is higher than that of any other age group
 * 16 year old drivers are more than 20 times as likely to have an accident as the general population
 * 17 year old drivers are more than 6 times as likely to have an accident also
 * In cities with night curfews, the __teenage injury__ fatality rate has been reduced by 23%.
 * A study found that rural teen drivers were even more likely to be in car accidents.
 * Rural teen drivers are twice as likely to talk on a cell phone or send text messages while driving, are more than three times more likely to have received a speeding ticket, and are more likely to drive at night.
 * The damage may be caused by the head forcefully hitting an object such as the dashboard of a car
 * The major causes of head trauma are motor vehicle accidents
 * The leading causes for adolescents and adults are automobile and motorcycle accidents
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http://www.utoronto.ca/kids/teens1.htm http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/tbrain.htm

=Teen Driving Statistics:=

According to a 2005 survey of 1,000 people ages 15 and 17, conducted by the[| Allstate Foundation] > * Driver error. Compared with crashes caused by older drivers, those of teens more often involve driver mistakes. > * Speeding. Teen drivers have more crashes in which speeding is a factor. Many high-speed crashes are single-car accidents caused by the driver losing control of the car. > * Passengers. Teens' fatal crashes are more likely to occur when other teens are in the car. Passengers can distract the driver - usually by talking - and that risk of distraction increases with each additional passenger. > * Alcohol. Drinking impairs drivers, and even though teen drivers are less likely to drink and drive than adults are, when they do their risk of crashing is much higher. > * Night driving. Driving at night is risky for beginning drivers. Per mile driven, the nighttime fatal crash rate for teens is about twice as high as the daytime rate. > * Low seat belt use. Overall, teens are much less likely than adults to use safety belts." > http://www.accessexcellence.org/HHQ/qow/qow04/qow040927.html
 * More than half (56 percent) of young drivers use cell phones while driving,
 * 69 percent said that they speed to keep up with traffic
 * 64 percent said they speed to go through a yellow light.
 * 47 percent said that passengers sometimes distract them.
 * Nearly half said they believed that most crashes involving teens result from drunk driving.http://www.rmiia.org/Auto/Teens/Teen_Driving_Statistics.htm
 * A head injury means a brain injury
 * "Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 20-year-olds, and two out of three teenagers who die in car accidents are passengers in vehicles driven by other teens. The fact is, automobile accidents are a serious problem for teenagers. Safety experts are trying to change that by educating teens about the choices they make when they get behind the wheel or ride in a vehicle with other teens. ... Fortunately, being careful and getting more experience behind the wheel can help you become a safer driver. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, most teenage motor vehicle accidents are caused by:
 * ==[|Brain **Injury**: THE TEENAGE YEARS] ***==