If you’re like most teens, when you get behind the wheel of your car, you feel pretty confident. Maybe impatient. Aggressive. Maybe these photos of teen crashes will slow you down. Pretty shocking stuff here, but all of it real, and yes, every one involved teen driving.

Need some sobering statistics?

• Percentage of motor vehicle deaths involving teens: 14%.
• Percentage of drivers that are teens: 7%.
• Approximate number of teens killed in wrecks each year: 4,000.
• Number injured: 308,000.
• Percentage of teen deaths that involve auto accidents: 44%.
• Percentage of teen drivers killed in a wreck that had a teen passenger in the car: 45%.
• Increase in teen driver crash rates in cars with three teen passengers: +500%.
• Increase in fatal teen accidents after dark: +300%.
• Percentage of teen related fatalities that occur on the weekend: 53%.
• Percentage of teen related fatalities that are caused, at least in part, by speeding: 33%.
• Percentage of teen driving fatalities that involved alcohol: 31%.
• Number of Georgia teens killed in 2002 who weren't wearing seat belts: 87.
• Who were: 57.
• Percentage drop in traffic fatalities involving 15-17 year olds since states began to extend driving privileges in steps: -5.6%.

Speeding is the leading factor in teen auto fatalities. So, speeding to get somewhere because you're late?

It’s not because of lack of time, it’s because of bad planning.