Motor vehicle safety : keep people safe on the road \u2013 everyday

Key Actions:\u2022 Reduce injuries and deaths in motor vehicle crashes by increasing seat belt, child safety seat, and booster seat use\u2022 Protect teen drivers with comprehensive Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) systems and parental monitoring\u2022 Reduce alcohol-impaired driving with evidence-based prevention strategies, such as ignition interlock programsTarget:Indicator: Rate of motor-vehicle related fatalitiesBaseline: 13.8 deaths per 100,000 population (2007)2015 target: 9.5 deaths per 100,000 population (31% reduction)Key Accomplishments: Deaths from motor vehicle crashes have reached historic lows. What\u2019s more, between 2009 and 2011, encouraging improvements were shown in the percentage of teens who wear seat belts, do not ride with a driver who had been drinking alcohol, and do not drive a car when they had been drinking alcohol.201