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Injury Prevention

Teen Driver Safety

Teen drivers represented 8% of the licensed drivers in Utah, yet they were involved in a disproportionate percent of crashes; 26% of all motor vehicle crashes and 18% of all fatal crashes. Find out more.

Teen Drivers Graph

Fact sheet from Utah Department of Health (136 KB)

 

Salt Lake Valley Health Department works with Zero Fatalities and Don't Drive Stupid to bring interactive and educational Traffic Safety Programs to High Schools in Salt Lake County. We also collaborate with the Adopt-A-High School program through the Utah Highway Patrol.  Please contact us to find out more or to schedule activities.

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  • Distract a Match game: A shape and color matching game used to demonstrate the effect of distractions on multi-tasking and the “tunnel vision” effect that results from divided attention failure. Participants match shapes, but lay mismatched colors as they race against the clock.
  • Fatal Vision goggles: A training tool used to demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of impaired driving.buckle Up Image
  • Public Service Announcements. 
  • Buckle Up stencils: Make your message clear!  We provide the paint and stencils needed to make a lasting, clear message, right where the students see it every day.
  • Fake tickets for not buckling up. 
  • Death Day: Grim Reaper costumes worn by student body officers, then students picked to represent victims of teen motor vehicle crashes.
  • Crashed Car Display: courtesy Zero Fatalitiesimage
  • Seat Belt Convincer: courtesy Utah Highway Patrol
  • Teen Driving Survival Kit: more ideas for activities (3 MB)
  • www.dontdrivestupid.com

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