What are the statistics to back up the "Every 15 Minutes" claims?

A teenager is killed, on average, once every 15 minutes? That's 96 teens killed, on average, in a car accident every day!

What are the statistics to back up the "Every 15 Minutes" claims?
Go to the NTSB for more current information.


t is estimated that 16-year-olds are 3 times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers.  16 year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age.





Motor Vehicle Crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers.





3,571 16-20-year-old drivers died in auto accidents in 2003, down 4.1% from 3,723 in 2002, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).





$40.8 billion was the estimated economic impact of auto accidents involving 15-20 year old drivers in 2002 (NHTSA).


Inexperience behind the wheel is the leading cause of teenage crashes.


In 2001, two thirds of teens killed in auto accidents were not wearing seat belts.
Reply:it is the same with the wathefuxup anti smoking ad campaign...


no facts just propaganda made up to suit their agenda





the hope is you will have an emotional response.


and not be smart enough to do the math
Reply:If you believe the statistics of everyone with a cause (chip on shoulder). The human race should have been extinct 40 yrs. ago.





Okay, let's play pure stats. %26amp; logical conclusions. All convicted murderers on death row have eaten mashed potatoes %26amp; gravy, so, if you eat mashed potatoes %26amp; gravy, you'll become a murderer. See the fallacy? The people that made "Reefer Madness" didn't. Stats can be bent to whatever direction you want them to go. Not good science ; that has controls.





Facts that stand the test of time are better "stats". Like that over the past 20 yrs. or so, 38% of traffic fatalities involve alcohol, 6 % of which are drunks that were pedestrians at the time ( walked off curb in front of moving vehicle.)





That means that 68% of traffic fatalities are caused by sober people that JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE!





Hang up your cell phone now.