{"id":2078257,"date":"2023-10-24T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/car-crash-death-rates-among-under-21-drivers-decrease-rates-for-older-drivers-rise\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T22:49:15","slug":"car-crash-death-rates-among-under-21-drivers-decrease-rates-for-older-drivers-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/car-crash-death-rates-among-under-21-drivers-decrease-rates-for-older-drivers-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Young driver fatalities decrease, while older driver fatalities increase in car crashes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcar-crash-death-rates-among-under-21-drivers-decrease-rates-for-older-drivers-rise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2078257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cars drive in the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane (R),\u2063 also\u2064 called\u2063 the diamond\u2064 or commuter \u2063lane,\u200c on the 118 or Ronald Reagan Freeway on February 3, 2005 near \u2062Simi Valley, California. (Photo by David McNew\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>3:35 PM \u2013 Tuesday, October \u200b24, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Car accident and\u200d fatality rates among \u200cyoung \u2064drivers under \u2064the age of 21 have\u2062 significantly decreased \u2062within the last\u2062 20 years, according to a recently surfaced report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On October 18<sup>th<\/sup>, the Governors Highway Safety Association\u2063 (GHSA), a non-profit organization of\u2063 state highway\u2063 safety offices, \u200d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghsa.org\/about\/news\/ghsa\/young-drivers23\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ghsa.org\/about\/news\/ghsa\/young-drivers23\" target=\"_blank\">published a \u2064report<\/a> utilizing data from 2002 through \u200b2021\u200c that highlighted a wide age range of drivers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u200dreport,\u2064 it states that car crashes among under-21 drivers decreased by 38% and deaths resulting from car accidents\u200b among young\u200c drivers dropped by \u200dabout 45%. \u2064However, the reports of \u200ddrivers 21 and older claim that\u2062 crashes increased by 8% and accident-related deaths\u200c increased by \u206311%.<\/p>\n<p>Although the rates involving young drivers have dropped, the organization also\u2063 mentioned that under-21 \u2063drivers are still considered the \u2063most dangerous group behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The association\u2019s memo goes on to explain several factors that have improved young people\u2019s driving statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Pam Shadel Fischer, the author of \u200cthe GHSA report, made a statement to \u2063the press \u2062regarding the newly \u2063released data.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;Young \u2063drivers \u200care the \u2063riskiest \u2063age group on the road, and the reasons \u2063are straightforward \u2014 \u2063immaturity and inexperience,&#8221; Fischer told the press. &#8220;Many\u200d young drivers simply don\u2019t have the behind-the-wheel experience to recognize risk and take the appropriate corrective action to prevent a crash.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Young driver fatal crash rates have declined significantly over\u2063 the past 20 years. Join us\u2063 on 10\/31\u200d to learn more about our data analysis, what&#8217;s behind this progress\u200b and how we \u200dcan build on it.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more and register: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bLNFbnAro0\">https:\/\/t.co\/bLNFbnAro0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/njsafe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@njsafe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FordFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FordFund<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FordDSFL?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FordDSFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UmWpQhPGQU\">pic.twitter.com\/UmWpQhPGQU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GHSA\u2063 (@GHSAHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GHSAHQ\/status\/1716474836560630096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October\u2063 23,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, the report acknowledged that drivers under the age of 21 years old\u200d are driving much less than they were 20 years ago. It highlighted many \u2062reasons for the improved driving, while providing some additional recommendations for building\u2064 on them.<\/p>\n<p>The GHSA\u2062 cited education as being\u2064 one of the \u2064two major reasons that \u200bhave impacted the\u200d decrease in\u200d fatal crashes, especially when parents were involved. The other factor was &#8220;staggered privileges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the report, there were a few programs mentioned \u200don the list of effective \u200dsolutions regarding issues with driving. These\u200b programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/car-crash-death-rates-among-under-21-drivers-decrease-rates-for-older-drivers-rise\/\" title=\"Young driver fatalities decrease, while older driver fatalities increase in car crashes.\">called graduated drivers license laws<\/a>, consist of \u200cplacing limits on driving privileges that wind down \u2064as the driver ages. <\/p>\n<p>These factors involve restricting or \u200bbanning specific activities that impact driving, such as driving at night, driving on busy Interstate Highways, or having other people riding in\u2063 the \u200ccar. \u200d <\/p>\n<p>The \u2062GHSA \u200calso suggests \u2062that these \u200ddriving programs should be strengthened, stretching\u2063 them to affect drivers \u206318 to 20 years \u2062old.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking\u200d news blasts \u2063directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>As we head into 2024, newly\u200b released polls are reflecting President Biden\u2019s approval\u200b ratings are at new lows. \u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>DOJ Prosecutors are expected to answer questions on \u200cHunter Biden probe this week. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Customs And Border Protection \u2063reports\u2062 that\u200b agents have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-urges-republicans-not-to-elect-rep-emmer-as-speaker-of-the-house\/\" title=\"Trump warns GOP against choosing Rep. 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The \u200creport, which utilized data from 2002 to 2021, highlighted a wide age\u200d range of drivers in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u200d report, car crashes among under-21\u200d drivers\u2063 decreased by 38%, while deaths resulting from\u200b car accidents among young drivers dropped by approximately\u2064 45%. However, \u200dthe\u2063 report also noted that crashes among drivers 21 and older increased by 8%, and accident-related \u200cdeaths \u2064rose by 11%.<\/p>\n<p>Although the rates involving young\u2064 drivers have dropped, the GHSA \u200cmentioned that under-21 drivers \u2064are still considered the\u200b most\u200d dangerous \u2064group behind the\u2063 wheel.\u200d Pam Shadel Fischer, the \u2063author of \u2064the GHSA report, explained that this is due to their immaturity and inexperience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Young\u200c drivers are the riskiest age group\u200c on the road, and the reasons are straightforward\u200d &#8211; immaturity and\u200b inexperience. Many young drivers simply \u2062don&#8217;t have the behind-the-wheel\u2064 experience to\u2063 recognize risk and take \u200dthe appropriate \u200dcorrective action to prevent a crash,&#8221;\u200c Fischer stated.<\/p>\n<p>The GHSA report also acknowledged \u200cseveral factors that have contributed to the improvement in young drivers&#8217; statistics.\u2063 One \u200bof the major reasons mentioned was education, particularly when \u2063parents were \u200binvolved. The report \u200dalso mentioned &#8220;staggered privileges&#8221; as another factor. This refers to placing limits on driving privileges\u2063 that gradually \u2064decrease as the driver ages.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the report highlighted the effectiveness\u2064 of \u200dgraduated drivers \u2064license\u2062 laws, \u200dwhich involve placing restrictions or bans on specific<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 3, 2005, cars were seen driving in the HOV lane on the 118 or Ronald Reagan Freeway near Simi Valley, California. (Photo by David McNew\/Getty Images) According to OAN&#8217;s Elizabeth Volberding, car accident and fatality rates among young drivers are concerning. 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