Well, in terms of overall crashes and injury crashes, you don't get safer than the 80 year old until you're 30 [1]. Though the rate of fatal wrecks is about th

Well, in terms of overall crashes and injury crashes, you don't get safer than the 80 year old until you're 30 [1]. Though the rate of fatal wrecks is about the same between 16-17 and 80+. I think that may be due in large part to the fact that 80 year old humans are far more fragile and likely to die in a wreck where a younger person would walk away from. [1] https://aaafoundation.org/rates-motor-vehicle-crashes-injuries-deaths-relation-driver-age-united-states-2014-2015/ https://aaafoundation.org/rates-motor-vehicle-crashes-injuri...