Personal Injury Law

Chicago Teens with Cars Are At Greater Risk for Accidents

By Kris Briggs

Teens with their own cars or free use of a car are much more likely to get in crashes than those who share a car. And crashes are much less common among teens whose parents set clear driving safety rules.

These findings are in two studies from the Children?s Hospital of Philadelphia, funded by State Farm Insurance Co. Both studies are in the October issue of Pediatrics.

Research say the findings can help parents keep their kids from becoming another statistic. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens and more than 5,000 are killed each year. Government data show that more than 7,000 people nationwide were killed in crashes involving teen drivers in 2007. More than 3,000 of these deaths were teen drivers, and more than 250,000 teen drivers were injured.

These numbers can be reduced by discussion with a teen about their responsibilities while driving. Parents can also make driving safer by instituting curfews, rules about what goes on in the car while their teen is driving, and limits on how far a teen can drive at one time.

Teens with own cars have more crashes, study finds, Google News, September 25, 2009

Car Accidents in Chicago

Teen car accidents are the number one leading cause of deaths in teenagers in the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person, teenager or not. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Law Blog on October 01, 2009 (boomark / email).