Friday, November 20, 2009

Holiday Teen Driving Hotspots Study Reveals Highest Rates of Deadly Teen Crashes on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 5:55
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Some have called New Year’s Eve “amateur hour” on the roads. That couldn’t be more true for teen drivers, who, even if they haven’t been drinking, lack experience behind the wheel.

At the conclusion of its Home for the Holidays public awareness and policy campaign, Allstate Insurance Company today released study results identifying the deadliest hotspots for teen drivers on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

The Allstate Holiday Teen Driving Hotspots study found that the 10 deadliest hotspots among the nation’s 50 largest metro areas from New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day includes cities from coast to coast. What each area has in common is that over the past eight years they have among the highest fatal crash rates for teen drivers over the New Year’s holiday.

According to the study, among the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas (a central city and its surrounding counties), the deadliest hotspots for fatal teen crashes those two days are:

  • Jacksonville, Fla.
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Richmond, Va.
  • Birmingham, Ala.
  • Orlando
  • Phoenix
  • Las Vegas
  • Philadelphia
  • Sacramento, Calif.
  • St. Louis

Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of American teens. More than 5,000 teens die on American roads every year, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

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