“Sixteen-year-old boys still are the most risky drivers on the road, but the girls are gaining,” the AP reports:

For every 1,000 licensed 16-year-old girls, 175 got in car accidents in 2000, according to federal accident data. That’s up 37 percent from 1990, when 128 girls crashed per 1,000 drivers.

Accidents for 16-year-old boys decreased slightly during the same period, from 216 to 210 per 1,000 drivers.

Ah! You’ve come a long way, baby…!

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