Alabama ranked among America's deadliest states for teen drivers

ValuePenguin, a LendingTree research website, released its rankings earlier this month and placed Alabama in the Top 15.

The report ranks Alabama No. 12 on the list of the most deadly states for teen drivers, saying that Alabama’s average annual rate is 1.88 teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed drivers that are younger than 19 years old. 

The report says there were 207 teen fatalities reported from 2013 to 2017, the last year of available data.

Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Montana and West Virginia were named the most deadly states for teen drivers, according to the report.

The study found that 6,376 motorists between age 16 and age 19 died nationally as a result of traffic accidents from 2013-17.

The study also found male teenager drivers were more than 2.5 times as likely to be killed in an accident as their female counterpart.

The summer months were determined to be the most deadly for teenage drivers, with June and August having the highest daily fatality rates nationally, according to the report.

The full ranking of the “The Deadliest States for Teen Drivers” is as follows:

• Kentucky
  • 3.47 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Mississippi
  • 3.00 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• North Carolina
  • 2.36 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Montana
  • 2.30 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• West Virginia
  • 2.20 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Wyoming
  • 2.18 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• North Dakota
  • 2.17 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• New Mexico
  • 1.97 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Missouri
  • 1.96 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Texas
  • 1.94 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Maine
  • 1.92 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Alabama
  • 1.88 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Louisiana
  • 1.84 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Oklahoma
  • 1.81 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Nebraska
  • 1.80 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Indiana
  • 1.77 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Georgia
  • 1.74 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Nevada
  • 1.72 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Florida
  • 1.68 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Pennsylvania
  • 1.51 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• South Carolina
  • 1.48 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Arkansas
  • 1.44 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Virginia
  • 1.42 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Hawaii
  • 1.41 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Tennessee
  • 1.39 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Ohio
  • 1.39 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Arizona
  • 1.34 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Wisconsin
  • 1.34 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Colorado
  • 1.32 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• South Dakota
  • 1.29 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Oregon
  • 1.27 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Michigan
  • 1.25 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Kansas
  • 1.20 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Alaska
  • 1.18 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Iowa
  • 1.15 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• New Hampshire
  • 1.14 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• California
  • 1.09 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Rhode Island
  • 1.08 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Idaho
  • 1.08 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Illinois
  • 1.05 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Maryland
  • 1.02 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Washington
  • 1.00 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Vermont
  • 0.97 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• New York
  • 0.95 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Minnesota
  • 0.84 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Connecticut
  • 0.84 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Delaware
  • 0.81 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Massachusetts
  • 0.74 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• Utah
  • 0.73 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers
• New Jersey
  • 0.58 annual teen driver deaths per 10,000 licensed teen drivers

ValuePenguin collected data on the number of drivers of the age 16 to age 19 that were fatality injured in a car accident as reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the study says.