It is good news for teenage parents as a study done by researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that less teen drivers are being involved in road accidents.

The driver safety report, released on October 21 2010, was based on a review of statistics between 1996 and 2008, which showed that the number of teenage drivers involved in fatal road accidents had drastically decreased.

The CDC report, named the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report indicated that the rate of involvement of teen drivers in car crashes had dropped from 36 out of 100,000 to 16.7 in the period between 2006 and 2008.

The causes of the drop are unknown but there are allegations that it is due to less driving as a result of economic hardships and hiked oil prices.

The driver safety report also stated that the places perceived to be safest for teenage drivers were New York and New Jersey, which have a fatal crash rate of 10 per 10,000. On the other side of the scale, Wyoming was reported to be the most dangerous for inexperienced drivers.

Ruth Shults of the CDC in Atlanta stated that it is imperative for parents to accompany their children while driving in unusual weather conditions like snow and rain; as well as when driving at night. This is in line with CDC’s campaign, ‘Parents are the Key’, which urges parents to take a more active role in their children’s driving.

Jonathan Reiter, a personal injury lawyer based in New York, says that compensation is an entitlement of those who have been injured or loved ones killed in a traffic accident. Mr. Reiter is an injury lawyer with 30 years of experience in dealing with the claims of auto accident victims.

He can be contacted by anyone looking for an injury lawyer to pursue their rightful compensation in a personal injury or wrongful death case.

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