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    Pennsylvania Teen Driver Statistics

    Note: PennDOT uses 1999 as a baseline for comparison because this was the year the Graduated Driver Licensing Program went into effect in Pennsylvania, which provided for stricter requirements in the licensing of 16 and 17-year-old, first-time drivers.

     
     
    Licensed Drivers, ages 16 and 17 from 1999 to 2023​
     
    ​1999
    		​2000
    		​2001
    		​2002
    		​2003
    		​2004
    		​2005
    		​2006
    		​2007
    		​2008
    ​153,984​122,482​95,673​97,077​95,730​115,198​115,162​113,557​91,804​87,004
    2009​
    		2010​​2011
    		​2012
    		​2013
    		​2014
    		2015​2016​2017​2018​
    ​84,245​99,001​99,234
    		​79,383​74,324​76,780​78,149​98,528​100,228​80,854
    ​2019
    		2020​2021​2022​2023​​
    		​
    		​
    		​
    		​
    ​82,366​82,016​101,358​89,087103,517​
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