Drunk driving accidents with teens
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according to geico and its published teenage driving statistics, 25 of 16-year-old drivers are involved in a car accident during their first year of driving. The percentage of teenage driving accidents is slightly lower with older teenagers. Fewer teens are drinking and driving, but this risky behavior is still a major threat. Drinking and driving among teens in high school has gone down by . drunk california teen livestreams crash, kid sisters death. While this july 2017 accident in los banos, california claimed the life of just one person, 14-year-old jacqueline sanchez, this crash is particularly shocking since the drunk driver, jacquelines older sister obdulia, 18, was livestreaming over instagram the entire time. Desaleen james shares the story and video of the drunk driving crash that killed her friends. Although distracted driving has received a lot of much needed attention, it is important not to forget that drinking and driving is still a major contributor to teen car accidents. For example, it was found that male drivers between 15-20 who were in fatal crashes in 2012, were speeding 37 of the time and had been drinking a quarter of the time. As she emerges from therapy and begins to speak out publicly about drunken driving. According to the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), there were 10,874 drunk driving deaths in 2017. We have established that 17 percent of those were because of teen drunk driving. That means that approximately 1,848 fatal crashes were a result of teenage drunk drivers. A study by the insurance institute for highway safety shows that teenage drivers are at greater risk than elderly people. 2 of car accidents are the responsibility of teen drivers, 7. 5 were caused by drivers over 65, according to the united states census bureau. a drunk driving accident that results in injury or loss of life is tragic. However, some accidents are particularly horrific because of high fatality rates, terrible injuries, or other circumstances. Due to unawareness of the possible effects of alcohol use, it can lead to fatal injuries, accidents and even death.