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We present and discuss a set of findings from a Scandinavian study aimed at investigating the determinants of fatal crashes among young adults . The investigation was carried out in Finland between 2004 and 2011, and during this period a total of 510 fatal crashes involving young drivers (16-39 years old) were reported to the police. The fact-finding part of the investigation includes several physical measures of the car and road in each fatal crash. In addition, we have used the victims' records, which include partial data for the drivers from Statistics Finland, and in-depth interviews with the survivors and/or drivers about the backgrounds of the crash as well as what happened before, during, and after the crash. We have analyzed the conditions of the road and the car that led to the fatal crash (i.e. types of crash and road features) and examined the role of alcohol and drug use. We also account for drivers' sociodemographic characteristics by using the register-based data from Statistics Finland, as we do not have any direct information on the drivers' background. The cases with or without risk-related behaviors but with different fatal outcomes are examined separately, whereas the role of specific driving-related characteristics is depicted by assessing fatal and nonfatal crashes. The study results point to the following directions: crash, risk-related behavior, and sociodemographic characteristics. We have discovered many features of Finnish roads and cars that may affect the risk of crash, which point to the need for road- and car-management. When analyzing the fatal crashes, we have found that risk-related behavior (e.g. speeding) is related to fatal or nonfatal crashes, but with a different relationship to undetermined conditions, with fatal and non-fatal crashes. We find that the risk of road-crash (fatal and nonfatal) for 41% of the drivers is attributable to behavior that is partly motivated by the motor-vehicle system (e.g. crash rate is higher on high-speed roads when driving at higher speeds). Road design factors are crucial; two-thirds of the fatal crashes have resulted from roadwalls. Alcohol-related traffic crashes have been found to be connected with young age, youthfulness and gender of the driver. The study also presents the risk factors in fatal crashes in the U.S. d2c66b5586