An article published in the student newspaper of the College of Eastern Utah highlighted these and other disturbing statistics. A 2005 study conducted about Utah found that although teen drivers represent 7 percent of licensed drivers in the state, they were involved in 27 percent of all motor vehicle crashes and 18 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes. Drug and alcohol abuse are implicated in many of these crashes. Studies have also found that teen drivers with teen passengers are at even higher risk of being involved in a serious motor vehicle accident.
(Source: eagle.ceu.edu)
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