Each and every time we get behind the wheel we are taking arisk. We don't consciously think this way because there is such atiny probability that we will be in an accident. That being said,the following infographic paints a picture to see how at risk weare when driving depending on our age demographic.

Compare.com, an insurance aggregator, took a recentsurvey of 448,333 drivers. Out of those drivers, 77,441 reportedbeing in an accident over the past 6 months. The data is brokendown into 6 age groups. Not surprising was that the youngestdriving group surveyed, ages 18-24, was the most accident-prone.Perhaps most surprising was that the least accident-pronedrivers were the eldest group surveyed, ages 65+.

Jaron Clinton is a data analyst at ZOG Digital.He is a graduate from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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