National Safety Council Teen Driver

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of teen fatalities, accounting for 38% of all teen deaths in the United States. Chances are, your community has been struck by a tragic accident involving a teenage friend, classmate or family member. The National Safety Council is trailblazing new ground to confront this crisis on a national level.

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A Patrol Family's Thanksgiving Tragedy

The following story is true, unfortunately it's a story that unfolds all too often on Missouri's highways on any given day, but this just happened to be Thanksgiving eve. The Tillman family has asked the Patrol to use the following story as a catalyst for seat belt usage and attentive driving. Please learn from what you are about to read and take it to heart that bad things can happen to good people. You need to do everything you can to protect yourself and your loved ones on our highways.

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Special Report: Teen Drivers at Risk

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SUV collides with car in Tenn. crash, killing 5

A rural East Tennessee community was grieving Saturday for four high school cheerleaders who died in a fiery car crash hours after they had been cheering on their football team.

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The 16-year-old driver of a sport utility vehicle that went out of control in rural Tennessee and caused a weekend accident that killed five people should not have been on the road, authorities said Monday. more

Parents set the example

State Farm® released the findings of a national survey today revealing that parents unknowingly may be contributing to teens’ risky driving behaviors by not practicing what they preach. To help reduce teen driver vehicle crashes, the No. 1 killer of U.S. teens, State Farm conducted the survey to learn more about how parents approach their driver's education roles.

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