Traffic Deaths Fell But Fatality Rate Spiked During Coronavirus Lockdowns October 2, 2020 U.S. traffic deaths fell during the coronavirus lockdowns but drivers engaged in riskier behavior as the fatality rate spiked to...
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...
Roads Are Emptier But Riskier During Coronavirus Quarantine. Fatality Rate Up 14%. May 21, 2020 As Americans have been driving less and covering fewer miles, the emptier roads have become more lethal. Preliminary data from...
U.S. Agency Rewrite of Rules Will Speed Up Arrival of Self-Driving Cars March 17, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Tuesday it was proposing sweeping changes to U.S. safety requirements to speed...
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...
Traffic Fatalities Again Top 40,000; Few Cars on Roads Have Latest Technology February 13, 2019 By Ryan Beene Traffic fatalities on U.S. roads reached an estimated 40,000 in 2018, the third year in a row in which at...
Ford Recalls More Than 953,000 Vehicles Globally to Replace Air Bag Inflators January 7, 2019 By Tom Krisher Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl...
16.7 Million Recalled Takata Air Bags Still Unrepaired and on U.S. Roads December 27, 2018 By Tom Krisher More than three years after the government took over management of recalls involving dangerous Takata air bag inflators, one third...
U.S. Moves to Permit Euro-Style, Low-Glare Headlights October 15, 2018 By David Shepardson The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is moving to allow advanced headlights known as “adaptive driving beams” to...