Opioids, Distracted Driving Cited in Rise of Preventable Accidents June 29, 2017 By Natasha Rausch More than 130,000 Americans are killed annually by preventable causes, and the number has been climbing at a faster rate...
How States Rate in Preventing Home, Auto, Work Accidents June 28, 2017 No state goes far enough to protect its residents from leading causes of preventable deaths and injuries – commonly known...
New York Eyes ‘Textalyzer’ to Combat Distracted Driving May 19, 2017 By Anna Gronewold Ben Lieberman just wanted to find out what may have caused the head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old son, Evan,...
70% of Employers Say Prescription Drug Abuse Affects Workplace March 10, 2017 More than 70 percent of United States employers are feeling the direct impact of prescription drug misuse in their workplaces,...
Lucky to Be Alive, Calling for a Revolution in Road Safety February 24, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Three weeks ago, I was walking home on a dark, snowy night in Concord, Massachusetts. The next thing I knew,...
Driver Deaths Rose 6% in 2016, Topping 40,000 February 17, 2017 By Ryan Beene U.S. motor vehicle accident deaths last year topped 40,000 for the first time since 2007 as cheap gasoline and a...
Safety Advocates Frustrated that Accident-Prevention Technologies Remain Optional November 15, 2016 By Alan Levin Computerized sensors that warn drivers they’re about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on...
U.S. Autonomous Vehicle Policy Attempts to Straddle Lanes of Safety and Innovation September 22, 2016 By Jeff Plungis The new U.S. policy on self-driving cars received a mixed reaction from highway-safety advocates who acknowledged the life-saving potential though...
Traffic Fatalities Continue to Rise; Up 9% in First Half of Year August 24, 2016 Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council indicate motor vehicle deaths were 9 percent higher through the first six months...
Safety Officials: Higher Speeds Causing More Traffic Fatalities in Illinois August 18, 2016 Safety and insurance industry experts say Illinois traffic fatalities are expected to pass 1,000 this year for the first time...