Traffic crashes cost American motorists more than $160 billion a year while inflicting a staggering per-person toll on small cities such as Little Rock, Ark., Columbia, S.C., and Pensacola, Fla., according to a AAA research report. The study found that …
Addressing rollover safety, the government last week proposed that new cars and trucks undergo new tests to measure the strength of their roofs. With more than 10,000 people dying every year in rollovers, transportation officials modified a plan first issued …
The government would be required to examine a number of auto safety problems such as backovers and other deadly accidents involving children under a bill approved by a House committee on Tuesday. The House Energy and Commerce Committee, on a …
The number of new cars considered the safest by the U.S. insurance industry nearly tripled in the past year, helped by automakers’ push to make certain safety equipment more widely available. Ford Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. had the …
General Motors Corp. and the University of Michigan Medical School are working on a new study that will try to guide emergency workers and doctors who respond to car accidents — and develop safer vehicles along the way. Researchers are …
The U.S. government has agreed with China to improve information-sharing on auto safety in the aftermath of a recall of thousands of defective Chinese-made tires over the last several months. The “memorandum of understanding” signed this week by the National …
States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the motorcycle safety recommendations, …
Jarring images of vehicles crashing into test barriers are becoming more prevalent on the Internet, giving safety-conscious car shoppers another tool when searching for the right car. Consumer Reports now offers a library of crash test videos for more than …
New vehicles would need to offer more safety features to address backovers and other potentially devastating accidents involving children under legislation approved this week by a Senate committee. Automakers would be required to address broad blind zones in large sport …
General Motors Corp. vehicles had the highest and lowest driver death rates from 2002 through 2005, according to a study being released Thursday by the insurance industry. Two-door, two-wheel drive Chevrolet Blazers built from 2001 to 2004 had the highest …
