Nashville Teen Driving Deaths
Allstate Insurance Co. a major player in the car accident insurance business has recently released a report ranking Nashville 35th among the 200 biggest U.S. cities for safe driving. Gannett Tennessee in a recent article noted that the report shows Nashville drivers average 10.6 years between collisions based on insurance claims in 2006-2007.
Unfortunately Nashvillians are trending upward and are a bit more accident prone than they were four years ago, when the average was 11.4 years between collisions.
The bad news is in the area of teen drivers (as opposed to older drivers who have far fewer fatalities). The report showed that the Nashville ranked fourth in the nation for driving deaths among 50 metropolitan areas. The article quotes Elizabeth Hosmer of the Governors Highway Safety Office as saying that, “A lot of it’s speed, and their driving skills aren’t as good as they should be.” As Tennessee car accident lawyers we see too often that teen drivers don’t understand the responsibility that they have when they get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. All too often the death of a friend or family member has to occur before it gets their attention. 4th in the Nation for teen fatalities? Nashville drivers and parents should be concerned.
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