Safety & Accident

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) posted new data on motor vehicle crash fatalities from 2011. In 2011, a total of 32,367 people died in motor vehicle crashes, which is down 30% from 1975.

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Road fatalities dropped 26% from 2005 to 2011 but are up 8% over the first seven months of this year, based on estimates from the National Safety Council, reported Michael Sivak, research professor at the U-M Transportation Research Institute.

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Cell phone usage was prevalent in both fatal and injury crashes, related to 408 deaths (13% of total distracted driving fatalities) and 24,000 injuries (6% of those injured in distraction-related crashes).

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Rick Gobbell, who is now president of Gobbell Transportation Safety LLC, said that the CSA program has made safety compliance more difficult and has raised insurance rates and the specter of vicarious liability to a new, higher level for truck fleets

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WASHINGTON - NHTSA said the decline in traffic fatalities occurred even though Americans are driving 1.6% miles more than in 2009 (46 billion more miles).

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ARLINGTON, VA - Red-light cameras saved 159 lives in 2004-08 in 14 of the biggest U.S. cities, according to a new analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

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REDDING, CA – Shasta County prosecutor Stephanie Bridgett said the 49-year-old woman had paid several bills by cell phone in the moments before the crash, according to the New York Times.

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SACRAMENTO, CA --- California's roadways saw a significant drop in the number of people killed in traffic crashes in 2007, according to figures released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

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Safety technologies such as brake stroke monitoring systems credited for helping decrease fatalities. Overall vehicle fatalities are also down.

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