Nashville Automobile Accident Lawyer Points Out That Alcohol Is A Significant Factor In Teen Crashes
Teen Drinking
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident lawyer I’m often asked at social functions whether alcohol is a significant factor in teenagers’ crashes and my answer is a resounding, Yes.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway safety underage drivers are less likely than adults to drive after drinking alcohol, but their crash risk is substantially higher when they do. This is especially true at low and moderate blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) and is thought to result from teenagers’ relative inexperience with drinking, with driving, and with combining the two.
In 2008, 28 percent of 16-20 year-old passenger vehicle drivers fatally injured in crashes had BACs of 0.08 percent or higher. The percentage of fatally injured 16-20 year-old drivers with high BACs was much lower among females (16 percent) than among males (33 percent), and also was lower among 16-17 year-old drivers (16 percent) than among 18-19 year-old (29 percent) or 20 year-old (36 percent) drivers.
Drivers ages 16-20 with BACs of 0.05-0.08 percent are far more likely than sober teenage drivers to be killed in single-vehicle crashes — 17 times more likely for males, 7 times more likely for females. At BACs of 0.08-0.10, fatality risks are even higher, at 52 times for males and 15 times for females.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Nashville automobile accident caused by a teen driver under the influence of alcohol you owe it to yourself to take advantage of a free consultation with the experienced Nashville auto accident lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.
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