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Young Drivers Have
Worst Safety Records
Once again in 1963, young drivers had the worst safety record of any age group, according to a report by The Travelers Insurance Companies.
The report, issued annually since 1931 except during the war years, is compiledby The Travelers from informatlori provided by state motor vehicle departments. A Travelers spokesman pointed out that drivers under 25 years of age comprise only about 15 per cent of all licensed drivers in the United States, in spite of which 15,400 (or more than 29 per cent) of the drivers involved in fatal accidents in 1963 were under 25 years of age. This represented no significant change in performance, since this same age group accounted for 28.9 per cent of all highway deaths in 1962. The Travelers report shows that young men and women under 25 were also involved in a great number of non-fatal highway mishaps. In 1963 the percentage was 26.1 as compared with 27.3 per cent in 1962. Our senior citizens - drivers 65 years of age jtnd over - also made a poor showing.In fact these older drivers were involved in 8.1 percent of the total number of fatal accidents in 1963, as against only 6 per cent in 1962. The performance Record of the largest age-group (drivers from 25 to 64 years of age) improved slightly from involvment in 65.1 percent of the fatal accidents in 1962 to only 62.8 per cent in 1963 thus contributing the only bright spot in an otherwise grim picture.
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