National Youth Fatal Crash and Alcohol Facts

Crash Facts

2003 NATIONAL YOUTH FATAL CRASH AND ALCOHOL FACTS

16 to 24 year olds represent 24 percent of all traffic fatalities, compared with 6 percent for ages 0-15, 45 percent for ages 25-54 and 24 percent for ages 55 and over.
On a per population basis, drivers under the age of 25 had the highest rate of involvement in fatal crashes of any age group.
19 percent of drivers age 16-20 involved in fatal crashes had BAC levels of .08 or higher. The highest percentages were for drivers 21-24 (32 percent) and 25-34 (27 percent).
22 percent of all children between the ages of 5-9, who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, were pedestrians. 17 percent of the traffic fatalities under age 16 were pedestrians.
Passenger vehicle occupants 10-24 years old involved in fatal crashes had the lowest restraint use rate (53 percent) and those over age 65 had the highest rate (74 percent).