Teenage Fatal Car Accident News

My Nephew 17 year old Jamie was a passenger in his own car when it hit 2 trees outside the Festival Theatre in Adelaide 14 October 1999 These are the new footage of the accident. If this saves just one teenage life then his or his mates deaths haven't been in vain

TWICE MY FAMILY HAS NOW BEEN AFFECTED BY ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS

TEENAGERS SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING

The number of young drivers killed or seriously injured in road crashes is a serious problem in all states of Australia. Young people aged 16 to 25 make up 13% of Australia's population but account for nearly 25% of road deaths.

Young drivers exhibit certain attributes that contribute to their higher risk of road crashes. These include: * Lack of experience * Risk taking behaviour * The use of older vehicles with less safety features * Speeding * Peer pressure
Findings * Young drivers aged 16 to 20 had the highest rate of all age groups at 150 casualties per 100,000 population (3 to 4 times higher than some) * Drivers aged 21 to 25 had the second highest rate at 119 casualties per 100,000 population.
On average between 1999-2003, for drivers in the 16-25 year age group who were killed or seriously injured: * 38% of drivers who were killed had a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of .05 or above and 23% of drivers seriously injured recorded a BAC of .05 or above * 13% were not wearing a seat belt * 54% occurred on Friday, Saturday or Sunday * 24% occurred between 4-5pm, 6-8pm or 12-1am * 53% were on country roads and 42% on roads signposted as 100km/h or 110km/h * 63% were male.

What types of cars were involved?
Australian research found: * Young drivers often drive older, cheaper vehicles that are likely to have fewer safety features than newer vehicles * most young drivers involved in fatal crashes were driving fairly ordinary cars * very few were driving high performance vehicles.

Night driving
Young drivers are more likely to drive at night and on weekends than older drivers. * 55% of young drivers aged 16-25 are killed or seriously injured in crashes that occur during the night compared with 37% of other drivers * Nearly 40% of young driver serious casualties occurred on the weekend, compared with 30% for other drivers.

Driving at night has unique hazards and requires more developed skills. All drivers have an elevated crash risk at night. This is greater for younger drivers because of lack of experience and higher involvement in risk taking

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[My1968Impala]

Looks like bad driving runs in the family if another family member crashed/died in the same spot a few years prior.

[mumandtwins]

@My1968Impala not the same spot the bridge crash was 700 metres away from the scene of this particular crash

[littlehb1]

@mumandtwins yes it is s sad thing one you lose love ones like this and so young

[littlehb1]

sorry for your lost family of the boy don't blame yourself his dad

[mumandtwins]

@StrangelyGreat as in many parts of society the few bad apples spoil it for the rest this is even more reason for young drivers to help and participate in the education of other young drivers about the risks, and most importantly consider the risk themselves. I have been driving for 23 years and never been involved in a major crash, although I have been rear ended by an impatient 19 year old driver, in the city, thankfully no one was seriously injured

[StrangelyGreat]

@mumandtwins' Young drivers exhibit certain attributes that contribute to their higher risk of road crashes. These include: * Lack of experience * Risk taking behaviour * ' I see where you coming from I really do and I am really sorry for your loss. Respectfully I am. But I just wanted to say that yes some young people can be idiots and some people can think it's funny go get high and drive around or drink but as young people we do get a lot of bad press just because of a few bad apples.

[mumandtwins]

@StrangelyGreat you don't get it do you, teenagers are grossly over represented in Road Crash Statistics, I am not that stupid not to realise that Crashes happen every day, it is not a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and yes ANYONE can become involved in a crash it does not matter what age, the point of my videos is RISK MINIMISATION young drivers are at a higher risk than any other agegroup. I am also not that stupid to hold them responsible for every crash that happens

[StrangelyGreat]

@mumandtwins yes because they are new drivers and there are many of them. But the point I have made is still correct. You can't blame one group of people for something terrible which has happened and then deem them responable for ever incident there after. Anyone can go out and have some kind of bad accident which is fatal on any day of the week at any time. It's just up to timing really, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accidents unfortunatly happen everyday.

[mumandtwins]

@StrangelyGreat yes every new driver has inexperience however teenagers it has been proven are at greater risk

[StrangelyGreat]

@MYlastthought I completely agree. I am a young driver and I have never had an accident in my car. I make sure that people know I have only been driving for 8 months every time anyone asks to get into my car. And I have never been drunk while driving, or been high or anything else that may effect my driving. I am also sorry for your loss but it's unfair to blame every accident on the road on one group of people. Yes young drivers are inexperence but every driver in the world was at some point.