Indiana (IN) — graduated driver licensing: night, passenger and solo-driving rules
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The earliest age your teen may drive without an adult in the car — the intermediate (provisional) licence age. Night-time and passenger limits still apply until the points shown below. From the IIHS graduated-licensing table row quoted on the record page.
For Indiana (IN), intermediate minimum age is 16; nighttime restriction is first 6 months, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; thereafter, 11 p.m.-5 a.m. Sun.–Fri.; 1 a.m.-5 a.m. Sat.–Sun; passenger restriction is no passengers; night restriction lifted is age 18 and licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age 18); passenger restriction lifted is licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos. or 17, 3 mos. without driver education), verified against its source on 2026-09-15.
- State
- IN verified
- State name
- Indiana our reading
- Learner minimum age
- 15 verified
- Mandatory holding period
- 6 months verified
- Supervised driving hours
- 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night verified
- Intermediate minimum age
- 16 verified
- Nighttime restriction
- first 6 months, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; thereafter, 11 p.m.-5 a.m. Sun.–Fri.; 1 a.m.-5 a.m. Sat.–Sun. verified
- Passenger restriction
- no passengers verified
- Night restriction lifted
- age 18 and licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age 18) verified
- Passenger restriction lifted
- licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos. or 17, 3 mos. without driver education) verified
- Exceptions and footnotes
- Footnote 17: In Indiana, driver education determines the minimum age for permits and the intermediate license. People enrolled in or who have completed driver education must be age 15 to have a permit; otherwise, they must be age 16. The minimum age for an intermediate license is 16 months with driver education and 16, 9 months, without. | Footnote 18: Holders of operator licenses issued to individuals younger than 21 must adhere to both the night and passenger restriction for six months or until age 21, whichever occurs first. In addition, holders of operator licenses issued to individuals younger than age 18 have a graduated night restriction that goes beyond the initial 6 months and lasts until age 18. our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
IN | 15 Footnote 17 | 6 months | 50 hours, 10 of which must be at night | 16 Footnote 17 | first 6 months, 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; thereafter, 11 p.m.-5 a.m. Sun.–Fri.; 1 a.m.-5 a.m. Sat.–Sun. Footnote 18 | no passengers Footnote 18 | age 18 and licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age 18) Footnote 18 | licensed for 6 months or age 21, whichever occurs first (min. age: 16, 6 mos. or 17, 3 mos. without driver education) Footnote 18
— iihs.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Source
- iihs.orghttps://www.iihs.org/topics/teenagers/graduated-licensing-laws-table