Alive at 25

Alive at 25 is a National Safety Council defensive driving course for young people between the ages of 15 and 25. 

This 4.5-hour long live online course helps young drivers to develop decision making skills along with a heightened awareness about the civil, criminal and emotional consequences of their driving behaviors. It is highly interactive and based on facilitated and peer learning principals.

Students work together to better understand why their age group is high risk, learn about impaired and distracted driving, review basic traffic laws, and how to become defensive drivers with a commitment to do so.

Since 1995, more than 1,000,000 teens and young adults nationwide have been trained through Alive at 25.

Alive at 25 is currently in its 4th edition and is utilized nationwide by courts, schools, police and probation departments.

Students who have completed this course and taken an anonymous survey, report that they believe they will be a safer driver because of Alive at 25 and would recommend it to someone in their age group. 

or call 1-877-525-DRIVE (3748)

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of unintentional death in 2020 for the 15- to 24-year-old age group in the United States (CDC, n.d.). In 2021 some 2,116 drivers 15 to 20 years old were killed, and an estimated 203,256 were injured in motor vehicle crashes (NHTSA, 2023). In comparison with adult drivers, young drivers are substantially over-involved in crashes. In 2021 drivers 20 and under made up 5.1% of licensed drivers in the United States, yet they made up 8.5% of total drivers in all fatal crashes and 12.6% of drivers in all crashes. As shown in the figure below, drivers 15 to 20 years old have the highest involvement in fatal crashes of any age group. 

Driver Involvement in Fatal Crashes Per 100,000 Licensed Drivers, 2021  Source: NHTSA (2023)