Driver Safety: Brain Injury Considerations in Connecticut.

At the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut, we are all too familiar with the dangers that unsafe driving poses. According to the CDC, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for persons 15-24, 25-34, and older adults aged ≥75 years. Motor vehicle crashes are also the leading cause of hospitalizations for adolescents and adults aged 15 to 44 years of age. In addition, they cause injury and death for pedestrians and bicyclists. In an effort to promote safe driving, the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut has partnered with NJM Insurance Group. The Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut works with NJM Insurance Group to raise awareness of the dangers of distracted driving and to promote teen driver safety.

Motor Vehicle Crashes

Schedule a free, evidence-based teen driving program in your school or community today!

Did You Know? Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and half of all teens will be involved in a car crash before graduating from high school.

As part of their enduring commitment to safety and to support the communities they are privileged to serve, including Connecticut, NJM partnered with Impact Teen Drivers, a non-profit dedicated to saving lives by empowering people to drive safer, and to offer free teen driver safety programs. This includes What Do You Consider Lethal? – an evidence-based, award-winning program designed to help teens avoid reckless and distracted driving by making responsible decisions. Programs available include What Do You Consider Lethal? and Are We Living in a Dream World?—both designed for teens—as well as Parent-Teen Workshops and a Train-the-Trainers that is designed for those who wish to learn how to facilitate the teen programming in their community.

Impact Teen Drivers is able to bring their evidence-based programming and resources directly to Connecticut and their influencers—at no cost. If you are a teacher, administrator, educator, first responder, parent, or just someone who wants to be part of the solution, please click here to schedule a program or training for your community! IMPACT Teen Drivers employs a multifaceted approach that is evidence based and available as in-person and distance learning presentations, offered as educational webinars and interactive education modules to accommodate teens and parents.

Distracted Driving

Did you know? Distracted driving is dangerous, claiming 3,308 lives in 2022 alone. Almost 20 percent of those killed in distracted driving related crashes were people outside the vehicle – pedestrians, cyclists, and others on the road. We also know that, due to reporting limitations, the numbers underestimate the impact of distracted driving, and also does not reflect the number of those injured through distracted driving, including those who experience brain injury.

Distracted Driving does not just mean talking on the phone or texting, it includes any activity that takes the driver’s attention away from the road – talking to others in the car, eating and drinking, adjusting the stereo or navigation system.