Key Resources

The agencies and organizations listed below can provide more information on young drivers and links to other resources.

• NHTSA (n.d.), Teen Driving, web page
• Association of National Stakeholders in Traffic Safety Education general website and home page
• NHTSA’s publications on young drivers, NHTSA’s Behavioral Safety Research portal
• CDC (2022), Teen Driver and Passenger Safety, [Web page and portal].
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2020) Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Teen Driving Safety Research, [Web page and portal].
• GHSA (2023), Teen Driver safety, web page
• IIHS (2023), Teenagers, web page
• NSC (2023), Car crashes are the #1 cause of preventable death for teens, web page
• AAA (2022), Teen Driver Safety, web page
• Injury Prevention. (2006). The science of safe driving among adolescents. [Table of contents page of the journal's June 2006, Volume 12, suppl 1, listing 11 articles in that issue]
• The special issue of the 2007 Journal of Safety Research containing 17 articles presented at the Novice Teen Driving: GDL and Beyond – Research Foundations for Policy and Practice Symposium (2007, February 5-7), Tucson, AZ. Journal of Safety Research, 38/2.
• The special issue of the 2008 American Journal of Preventive Medicine (Williams et al., 2008).
• See also Simons-Morton (2019), Alderman & Johnston (2018) and Williams et al. (2012) for summaries of much of the research on young driver issues.

For a detailed discussion of strategies for reducing crashes involving young drivers, see:

• NCHRP Report 500 guide for the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan: A Guide for Reducing Collisions Involving Young Drivers (Goodwin et al., 2007)
• Governors Highway Safety Association: Curbing Teen Driver Crashes: An In-Depth Look at State Initiatives (GHSA, 2012).