Team Kentucky is joining the national effort to encourage parents to talk to their young drivers about safe behaviors and risks on the road during National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 19-25.

The campaign, spearheaded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) , is supported by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to promote safer roadways across the commonwealth.

According to KYTC’s Office of Highway Safety, over the past three years in Kentucky, there were more than 48,000 crashes involving a teenage driver, resulting in more than 13,000 injuries and 210 deaths. NHTSA reports that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens in the United States. Per mile driven, teens are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all other drivers.

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