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Vital Signs: how to halve serious injuries and deaths from teenage driving accidents

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Teenage drivers are a risky bunch. They are inexperienced and don’t always drive carefully, sometimes with tragic consequences. Various studies indicate 15-30% of teens have an accident in their first year of driving. In many countries driving fatalities are the leading cause of death among teenagers.

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