U.S. Safety Board Urges Seat Belts, Automatic Brakes on School Buses May 23, 2018 By Ryan Beene The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended for the first time that all new school buses in the U.S....
Report: Cracks Found on Florida Bridge Weeks Before Deadly Collapse May 10, 2018 Crews found cracks in a key part of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Florida earlier than previously acknowledged, but...
Two Killed in Tesla Car Crash in Florida May 9, 2018 By Sanjana Shivdas A Tesla car crashed and caught fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Tuesday, killing two people, local police said on...
Amtrak Failed to Observe Speed Warnings Before Fatal Maryland Crash May 1, 2018 By Alan Levin Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety...
Safety Worry: Keeping Humans In and Around Autonomous Vehicles Engaged April 11, 2018 By Keith Naughton, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin After partially faulting Tesla Inc.’s automation system for a 2016 fatal crash, U.S. safety investigators last year called on carmakers...
‘Public Is Tired of Excuses’ for Delays in Anti-Crash Tech: Republican Chairman February 16, 2018 By David Shepardson The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to...
Wife of Conductor Killed in Deadly S.C. Train Crash Sues Rail Companies for Negligence February 12, 2018 By Meg Kinnard The wife of a conductor killed in the crash of an Amtrak train with a parked freight train in South...
Railway Signals Turned Off For PTC Installation At Time of South Carolina Crash February 7, 2018 By Meg Kinnard Railway signals were out while crews installed a safety system that could have prevented the exact type of crash that...
Amtrak Blames CSX for Deadly South Carolina Crash February 5, 2018 By Randall Hill Amtrak blamed a freight rail operator for causing a crash on Sunday that killed two people and injured more than...
Tesla Autopilot Crash with Parked Fire Truck in Los Angeles Under Investigation January 24, 2018 By Alan Levin and Ryan Beene The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will investigate an accident involving a Tesla Inc. Model S sedan that rear-ended a...