(RALEIGH) -- The State Highway Patrol has released information on its most recent initiative. Operation Drive to Live wrapped up on April 15.

The operation is an initiative by the Highway Patrol to reduce the number of teenage related traffic collisions and deaths. During the five day initiative, troopers issued over 14,000 citations as well as 2,400 written warnings.

“Our goal is to educate teenage drivers on the dangers of driving irresponsibly,” said Col. Michael Gilchrist, commander of the Highway Patrol.

Among the citations issued during the campaign were 12 for passing a stopped school bus, 55 for graduated drivers license violations, 6,178 speeding violations, and 2,512 seatbelt violations.

The Highway Patrol notes that traffic collisions are the leading cause of teenage deaths in North Carolina and the nation. In the last four years 276 teenagers have been killed in crashes investigated by the Highway Patrol.