Alyssa Milligan was someone who intuitively knew when another person needed help, encouragement or a kind word. Although she was new to Tennessee, the 23-year old physical therapy student, whose mother called her “Sweet Alyssa,” had already made many close …
At the same time as traffic fatalities increased and motorists’ driving habits deteriorated, law enforcement officers were issuing fewer citations for traffic violations, data analytics company TransUnion says in a new report. TransUnion gathers traffic violation data from the courts …
Projections from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) indicate first quarter traffic fatalities are down 3.3% compared to the same period a year ago. The NHTSA estimated 9,330 people died in traffic accidents during the first three months of …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced $800 million in grant awards through the new Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program includes 50 grants for communities in California. The competitive grant program, established by President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law, …
Federal crash investigators have released reports and investigative material about a multi-vehicle wreck a year ago in North Las Vegas that killed a driver and his passenger in a speeding sports car and seven members of a family in a …
A series of crashes caused by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 80 killed five people and seriously injured others in south-central Wyoming. The driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol statement. Highway …
California’s expansive road system was among the nation’s worst ranked, according to a report from a research firm out on Tuesday. Hawaii’s roads were ranked as the nation’s worst. ConsumerAffairs, a non-government research firm, used its own data combined with …
A bus overturned on a Southern California freeway, killing one person and injuring 11 others, three of them critically, authorities said. The crash occurred on Interstate 15 in an unincorporated area south of Baker, about 155 miles northeast of Los …
A 3-year-old and two other children were among the six people killed in a pileup last week on a Montana highway during blackout conditions caused by dust storms, officials said. Three of the six people who died in the crash …
The number of U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720, the government reported Tuesday, keeping up a record pace of increased dangerous driving during the coronavirus pandemic. The estimated figure of people dying in …
