IIHS: Good News About Teenage Drivers - Fatal Crashes Decline

Arlington Va. June 2007; The IIHS Status report shows teen drivers' crash rates have declined sharply since 1996.

A new study from the Institute shows continued progress in reducing fatal and nonfatal crashes per population of 16-year-old drivers, and these gains haven’t been offset by higher crash rates among older teenagers.

Between 1996 and 2005 both fatal and police-reported crashes per population fell about 40 percent for 16 year-olds, about 25 percent for 17 year-olds, and about 15-19 percent for 18 year-olds