With teens obtaining driver’s licenses during the summer more than any other season and an average of six teens dying every day from motor vehicle injuries, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst States for Teen Drivers.
Tennessee came in at number 20 on the list.
In order to determine the safest and least costly driving environments for U.S. teenagers, WalletHub compared the 50 states based on 23 key metrics. The data set ranges from number of teen driver fatalities to average cost of car repairs to presence of impaired-driving laws.
Best States for Teen Drivers
1 New York
2 Washington
3 Maryland
4 Illinois
5 Delaware
6 Louisiana
7 Oregon
8 California
9 Hawaii
10 Texas
Worst States for Teen Drivers
41 Arizona
42 Alabama
43 Mississippi
44 Idaho
45 North Dakota
46 Nebraska
47 Missouri
48 Montana
49 South Dakota
50 Wyoming
To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-states-for-teen-drivers/4598/