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Special Report:
Teen Drivers at Risk
Color code States by Overall Rating
Best
Good
Fair
Worst
BestGoodFairWorst
- State
- Overall Rating
- Total Deaths
- Teen Population
- Deaths per 100k
Alabama- 10
- 1,074
- 3,205,147
- 33.5
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Alaska
- 12
- 70
- 523,610
- 13.4
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Arizona
- 9
- 677
- 3,757,021
- 18.0
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Arkansas
- 7
- 619
- 1,941,767
- 31.9
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- California
- 12
- 2,943
- 24,936,119
- 11.8
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Colorado
- 10
- 601
- 3,074,481
- 19.5
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Connecticut
- 10
- 274
- 2,264,704
- 12.1
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Delaware
- 12
- 129
- 555,969
- 23.2
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- District of Columbia
- 11
- 18
- 341,264
- 5.3
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Florida
- 9
- 2,056
- 10,356,364
- 19.9
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Georgia
- 11
- 1,377
- 6,058,354
- 22.7
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Hawaii
- 11
- 109
- 818,402
- 13.3
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Idaho
- 7
- 307
- 1,096,095
- 28.0
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Illinois
- 11
- 1,321
- 8,940,966
- 14.8
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Indiana
- 11
- 1,016
- 4,443,243
- 22.9
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Iowa
- 9
- 465
- 2,215,161
- 21.0
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Kansas
- 8
- 541
- 2,067,023
- 26.2
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Kentucky
- 11
- 870
- 2,845,876
- 30.6
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Louisiana
- 10
- 816
- 3,539,923
- 23.1
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Maine
- 11
- 206
- 900,775
- 22.9
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Maryland
- 10
- 519
- 3,709,201
- 14.0
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Massachusetts
- 9
- 467
- 4,178,917
- 11.2
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Michigan
- 9
- 1,194
- 7,295,937
- 16.4
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Minnesota
- 7
- 665
- 3,725,651
- 17.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Mississippi
- 8
- 791
- 2,254,541
- 35.1
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Missouri
- 10
- 1,331
- 4,092,676
- 32.5
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Montana
- 7
- 238
- 703,200
- 33.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Nebraska
- 10
- 357
- 1,330,279
- 26.8
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Nevada
- 9
- 245
- 1,328,894
- 18.4
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- New Hampshire
- 8
- 126
- 880,208
- 14.3
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating D
- New Jersey
- 10
- 494
- 5,483,442
- 9.0
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- New Mexico
- 9
- 351
- 1,454,549
- 24.1
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- New York
- 10
- 1,134
- 12,946,120
- 8.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- North Carolina
- 11
- 1,319
- 5,510,160
- 23.9
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- North Dakota
- 7
- 133
- 517,773
- 25.7
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Ohio
- 9
- 1,447
- 8,138,119
- 17.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Oklahoma
- 10
- 731
- 2,582,607
- 28.3
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Oregon
- 11
- 452
- 2,419,185
- 18.7
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- Pennsylvania
- 9
- 1,502
- 8,564,243
- 17.5
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Rhode Island
- 7
- 85
- 743,955
- 11.4
- DUI Laws Rating D
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- South Carolina
- 8
- 825
- 2,955,502
- 27.9
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- South Dakota
- 7
- 187
- 607,651
- 30.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating C
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Tennessee
- 10
- 1,200
- 3,897,745
- 30.8
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Texas
- 9
- 3,322
- 16,360,216
- 20.3
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating B
- Utah
- 10
- 347
- 2,074,918
- 16.7
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Vermont
- 9
- 95
- 453,357
- 21.0
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Virginia
- 9
- 915
- 4,952,234
- 18.5
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Washington
- 11
- 609
- 4,281,640
- 14.2
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating A
- West Virginia
- 9
- 332
- 1,242,089
- 26.7
- DUI Laws Rating A
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Wisconsin
- 9
- 828
- 4,049,012
- 20.4
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating A
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
- Wyoming
- 8
- 140
- 405,748
- 34.5
- DUI Laws Rating B
- GDL Laws Rating B
- Seat Belt Laws Rating C
Editors' Note: The above chart was updated on July 21, 2008, to reflect new "Deaths Per 100,000" data. Previously, the chart indicated all teen fatalities, including those involving an adult driver. The updated data show the fatality rate for teen drivers and their teen passengers only. The top 10 states--those with the highest number of fatalities--remain the same.