Crashes involving young drivers were highest for after school hours (2 PM to  5 PM) and had a slight peak for travelling to school (7AM). There were four peaks in fatal young driver crashes at 1 PM, 5 PM, 8 PM and 11 PM.


The leading months for young driver crashes were October, December and January (Table 6.03). May, June and October had the highest rates of young driver injury crashes. The highest rate per day of young driver fatal crashes was in December. In fact, December had double the yearly rate per day of young driver fatal crashes.