Viewpoint: More Sweeping Cellphone Laws Reduce Crash Rates August 15, 2022 By Insurance Institute for Highway Safety It’s common knowledge that texting while driving is illegal in most places. But what about tapping the screen of your...
Study: SUVs, Pickups Hit Pedestrians More Often Than Cars Do March 22, 2022 By Tom Krisher Drivers of bigger vehicles such as pickup trucks and SUVs are more likely to hit pedestrians while making turns than...
Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems January 21, 2022 By David Shepardson Two nonprofit bodies, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said separately on Thursday they are reviewing...
Teen Drivers Might Benefit Most From Assisted Driving Technology: IIHS September 9, 2021 By IIHS Crash avoidance features and teen-specific vehicle technologies have the potential to prevent or mitigate up to three-quarters of fatal crashes...
Studies Find Crash Rates Rise When States Legalize Marijuana; Suggest Link to Alcohol June 17, 2021 Researchers report increasing evidence is that motor vehicle crash rates rise when states legalize recreational use and retail sales of...
Tesla Loses Top Safety Rankings From IIHS, Consumer Reports June 1, 2021 By Tom Krisher Two key groups that offer automobile safety ratings are yanking their top endorsements from some Tesla vehicles because the company...
Smaller Cars May Be Why Women Are More Likely to Suffer Serious Crash Injuries February 12, 2021 By Ken Sweet The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why...
Insurance Group Says Safety Technologies Could Stop 40% of Big Truck Rear Crashes September 4, 2020 By Tom Krisher Safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which...
SUVs More Deadly to Pedestrians Than Passenger Cars, Insurance Study Says June 17, 2020 SUVs are more likely than passenger cars to injure or kill pedestrians, according to a new U.S. insurance industry study...
Autonomous Car Makers Dispute Insurance Study’s Low Estimate of Crashes June 8, 2020 By Tina Bellon Companies working on self-driving vehicles have criticized an insurance industry study suggesting that only a third of all U.S. road...