Pedestrian Traffic Deaths About 50% More Than a Decade Ago: Report April 9, 2025 About 50% more pedestrians were killed during the first six months of 2024 compared to a decade ago, although the...
Report: Young Driver Fatality Rates in the US Have Fallen Sharply October 23, 2023 Crash and fatality rates among drivers under 21 have fallen dramatically in the U.S. during the past 20 years, a...
Drivers Killed One Pedestrian Every 75 Minutes in H1 2022 March 1, 2023 Drivers in the United States struck and killed 3,434 people in the first half of 2022 – up 5%, or...
Pedestrian Fatalities Projected to Reach Highest Level in 40 Years May 19, 2022 Twenty people per day were hit and killed by drivers in the U.S. last year, according to an analysis by...
Safety Groups Argue Curtailing Impaired Driving Requires Moving Beyond Fines, Jail Time December 9, 2019 Efforts to curtail impaired driving and related accidents by repeat offenders on the road should address the underlying problems prompting...
Pedestrian Fatalities Continue to Rise March 4, 2019 A new report projects that 6,227 pedestrian fatalities occurred in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades. Pedestrians will...
Marijuana, Opioids Found in High Percentage of Drivers Killed in Car Crashes May 31, 2018 More than half of drivers killed in car accidents who were tested for drugs had marijuana, opioids or a combination...
Georgia Bans Use of Handheld Devices While Driving May 16, 2018 Georgia has become the latest state to ban the use of handheld devices while behind the wheel. Gov. Nathan Deal...
Study Suggests Pedestrian Fatalities May be Linked to Smartphone, Marijuana Use March 1, 2018 For the second year in a row, nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in...
Alcohol, Cell Phones Blamed for Increase in Pedestrian Deaths in Carolinas April 17, 2017 Distracting cell phones and too much alcohol are being blamed for an increase in pedestrians being mowed down by moving...