National Teen Driver Safety Week
Oct. 19-25, 2025
National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct. 19-25, 2025) is dedicated to raising awareness and seeking solutions to prevent teen injuries and deaths on the road. This grassroots movement has brought millions of teens, parents, schools, law enforcement, advocates, and policymakers from across the country together to tackle a leading cause of death for teens in the U.S. – car crashes.
From seeking change on the local level with a seat belt check or safe driving pledge wall to meeting with elected officials, teens and others are using National Teen Driver Safety Week as a platform to create positive change.
Inexperience, risk-taking behavior, and immaturity are all factors that increase the crash risk for young drivers. National Teen Driver Safety Week is an opportunity for parents and guardians to have conversations with teens about safe-driving habits. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) and its traffic safety partners created the Teen Driving Parental Toolkit to help talk to teens about driving safely.
The toolkit provides useful information and resources that parents and guardians can utilize to help teach their teens safe-driving habits. The kit includes information on driving safely in poor weather, such as fog, rain, ice, and snow; handling special weather hazards, including flooding, snowplows, and black ice; teen defensive driver programs; resources for parents; and more.
Get the conversation started about safe driving behaviors during National Teen Driver Safety Week in your community, school, or workplace. Additional information on teen driver safety can be found on the OHSP’s website.