Parent’s Role

Why are parents so important in teen driver safety?

Crash risk is low during the learner phase when all teen driving is supervised. However, the risk of crash quickly increases for all teens when they move on to unsupervised driving. Parents, caregivers, legal guardians, grandparents and other responsible adults have a critical role in their teen’s safety during this phase.

Teen girl driving with her dad in the passenger seat

The first months of driving on their own are the most dangerous for every new driver.

Learners have fewer than 20 crashes per ten thousand drivers. This number jumps to more than 120 crashes during the first month of independent driving, and then slowly decreases during the next twelve months.