determined that distracted driving accounts for 25 percent of all crashes involving teenage drivers.

In the US, over 50% of teenagers talk on the phone while driving, and over 30% text while driving.

Hazard assessment

A 2013 study published in The New England Journal of Medicine estimated the following multiples of crash or near-crash risks among novice drivers:

A 2003 study of U.S. crash data estimates that distracted driving contributed to 8-13 percent