February 19, 2013
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.
Tags: IIHS, traffic fatalities, fatal accidents, rollover crashes
October 12, 2012
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.
Tags: Accidents, National Safety Council, fatal accidents
October 1, 2012
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).
Tags: Accidents, NHTSA, cell phone use, Distracted driving, fatal accidents
March 15, 2012
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
Tags: vicarious liability, Compliance, CSA, fatal accidents, FMSCA
December 12, 2011
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).
Tags: NHTSA, fatal accidents
February 2, 2011
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).
Tags: IIHS, camera, fatal accidents
October 15, 2009
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), fatalities in the first half of 2009 have dropped to 16,626 compared to last year's 17,871 fatalities.
Tags: Accidents, NHTSA, fatal accidents
July 23, 2009
About 12,500 deaths took place in 10 years due to the increased speed limits across the U.S., according to new research.
Tags: fatal accidents
April 9, 2009
The 49-year-old driver was in the middle of paying a bill via her cell phone when she struck a vehicle that burst into flames.
Tags: Accidents, cell phone use, prison sentence, fatal accidents
December 18, 2008
New data estimates show that 31,110 people died in highway accidents in 2008 compared to 34,502 in 2007.
August 27, 2008
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).
August 21, 2008
Safety technologies such as brake stroke monitoring systems credited for helping decrease fatalities. Overall vehicle fatalities are also down.
Tags: NHTSA, truck safety, fatal accidents
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