• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • TTI Home
  • CTS Home
  • Contact
Texas A&M Transportation Institute logo
Center for Transportation Safety

97a75b1c6be4b62d12ec20e015355153

  • Home
  • About
    • Programs
    • Partners
    • Public Outreach and Engagement
  • People
  • News
    • Featured Stories
    • News Releases
    • Safetynet
  • Traffic Safety Conference
    • 2022 Traffic Safety Conference
  • TX Child Passenger Safety Conference
    • 2022 Texas Child Passenger Safety Conference
  • 2022 TX Ped Safety Forum

AAA Foundation

Teen drivers more likely to crash in first month of unsupervised driving than after first year

October 18, 2011

Washington, D.C.— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as likely to crash as they are after two full years of experience. Analyzing the crashes of new drivers in North Carolina, researchers found that three common mistakes—failure to … [Read more...] about Teen drivers more likely to crash in first month of unsupervised driving than after first year

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: AAA Foundation, teen driving, teens in the driver seat

Primary Sidebar

The Center for Transportation Safety is committed to reducing the frequency and severity of roadway crashes through a program of innovative and multi-disciplinary research, education and outreach.

  • occupant-protection-survey-2022_v1
  • Commercial MV Projects
  • SWAgCrash
  • Crash Analytics Program
  • The State of Texas
  • Texas Homeland Security
  • Texas Veterans Portal
  • State Expenditure Database
  • Statewide Search
  • State Auditor’s Office Hotline
  • TAMUS Risk, Fraud & Misconduct Hotline
  • Site Policies
  • Open Records Policy
  • Statutorily Required Reports
  • TTI Rules
  • Veterans
  • Equal Opportunity
  • COVID-19 Info
  • Jobs
Member of the Texas A&M University System

© 2023 Copyright Statement / Legal Notices and Policies

Comments, suggestions, or queries? Contact us!

Texas A&M Transportation Institute · 3135 TAMU · College Station, Texas 77843-3135

(979) 317-2000