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Michigan DOT Toward Zero Deaths (TZD)
Michigan DOT sent this bulletin at 10/22/2019 10:39 AM EDT
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October 22, 2019 –28 people died on Michigan roadways since last week making a total of 765 this year. In addition, 112 more were seriously injured for a statewide total of 4,443 to date.
Compared to last year at this time there are 40 fewer fatalities and 7 more serious injuries.
Numbers are provided by the Michigan State Police.
National Teen Driver Safety Week takes place in October
Michigan State Police Office of Highway Safety Planning
September 2109
The week of October 20-26 has been designated as National Teen Driver Safety Week. Motor vehicles are the leading cause of death for teens (15-18 years old) in the United States, ahead of all other types of injury, disease, or violence. In 2017, there were 2,247 people killed in crashes involving a teen driver, of which 755 of those deaths was the teen driver. In Michigan, licensed drivers age 15-20 represented 6.6 percent of the drivers in fatal crashes in 2018. In addition, 9,637 teens and young adults were injured in traffic crashes, representing 12.7 percent of all people injured in crashes.
NO KEYS UNTIL YOU KNOW THE RULES
- Cell phones while driving
- Speeding
- Drowsy riving
- Driving unbuckled
- Alcohol
- Passengers
(A 16- or 17-year old driver’s risk of being killed in a crash increases 44 percent when carrying one passenger under the age of 21, doubles when carrying two passengers younger than 21 and quadruples when carrying three passengers younger than 21.)
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