Jordan Dawson, 19, from Guisborough, North Yorkshire, was killed in the crash, in February 2014, on the A174 Loftus bypass.
Cleveland Police said a 20-year-old man, also from Guisborough, had been charged earlier on Monday.
The man is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court on 27 February.

The 36-year-old says he received "foul" abusive messages after Somerset lost to Glamorgan by one run on Sunday.
And he believes the shorter form of cricket is to blame for "bringing a lot of idiots to the game".
However, former England captain Michael Vaughan says players must learn to take social media abuse "on the chin".
Trego, who made his first-class cricket debut 17 years ago, said one expletive-strewn message sent by a boy on Instagram this week was "one of the most abusive messages I think I've ever read in my life".
The post, which Trego has not reported to police, branded the cricket veteran as "useless" and also urged him to quit the sport.
Speaking to BBC Somerset's cricket reporter Charlie Taylor, Trego said: "To send professional athletes, who are giving their best, abusive messages is just an absolute disgrace, and unfortunately I think it is a little bit en vogue at the moment for young people to feel like that's OK."
He added: "When it gets to what I would call football hooligan abuse level, I just think, is that really what we want for the future of our cricket?
"I know [the T20 game] brings in a lot of money, a lot of revenue, a lot of excitement. But it's also bringing in a lot of idiots to the game who might be spoiling other elements of our game for the next generation."
But former England batsman Vaughan claims social media is making this the hardest era for players because there is no respite from criticism.
The 42-year-old said: "For a fan to be able to direct message their opinion to you, whatever that opinion may be whether it's good or bad, I would say to players you've got to do one of two things.
"You've either got to take it on the chin, you've got to accept that's the modern world. Or don't look at your phones."

About 270 undergraduate students at the university's medical school are affected.
The university said the clinical examination they sat earlier this year had now been declared "void".
It emerged that a handful of students had shared information about the exam using social media.
The students responsible are now facing a disciplinary and fitness to practise process and the fresh exam has been timetabled for early May.
In a statement, a university spokesman said: "After consultation with the senate of the University of Glasgow the affected examination has been declared void and a new clinical examination will be set for all final year students.
"This decision has been made in an abundance of caution to ensure that the skills of our students are rigorously and fairly tested before they graduate in medicine."
The new exam will take place at the beginning of May, with any resits resulting from that paper to be taken later the same month.
A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, almost a year after a teenager died in a car crash.
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Somerset all-rounder Peter Trego says the abuse directed at players in Twenty20 cricket has reached "football hooligan levels".
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Final-year medical students at Glasgow University will have to resit an exam after evidence of "collusion" was uncovered.