As National Teen Driver Safety Week begins Sunday, Oct. 18, and runs through Oct. 24, two of the country’s best-known road safety nonprofits are pressing the same point.
The National Road Safety Foundation and the National Safety Council each issued announcements on Oct. 15, the latter marking the 20th annual observance.
That year, 2,611 people died in crashes involving a teen driver, and 822 of them were the teen drivers.
Five Conversations Worth Having The National Road Safety Foundation organizes its guidance around five risk areas, each backed by crash statistics.
The Week Ahead Events are expected in schools and communities across the country during the week of Oct. 18 to 24, with NHTSA, the National Safety Council and the National Road Safety Foundation each distributing materials.