AAA finds 6 out of 10 teen crashes involve driver distraction

AAA Foundation released findings from their national study this week that examined in-vehicle video footage of thousands of teen drivers. The study revealed that 6 out of 10 teen crashes involve driver distraction.

From their website:
In this study, we conducted a large-scale comprehensive examination of naturalistic data from crashes that involved teenage drivers. Other naturalistic studies have investigated only a small number of crashes or used near crashes as a proxy for actual crashes, and few crashes involving teen drivers have been observed in other naturalistic studies. In contrast, this project examined naturalistic data from thousands of actual crashes that involved teenage drivers. The data allowed us to examine behaviors and potential contributing factors in the seconds leading up to the collision, and provided information not available in police reports

Access fact sheet and the full report here: https://www.aaafoundation.org/using-naturalistic-data-assess-teen-driver-crashes