1997 Young Driver Crash Characteristics

 
   
   
   
     
 

Young drivers were most often involved in a rear-end collision or a broadside. Head-on collisions were the leading cause of young driver fatal crashes. In fact, 26% of young driver fatal crashes were head-on compared to 11% of all fatal crashes.  Head-on collisions for young drivers were 45 times more likely to result in a fatal crash than other collisions. Single vehicle rollovers for this group were 6 times more likely to result in at least one fatality than other collisions.

 
   
 
   
   
     
 

Table 6.07  Collision Description of Young Driver Crashes, Injury Crashes and Fatal Crashes, 1997

 
   
 
   
     
   
 
     
 

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