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Driver Gets 25 Years for Deaths in ‘Pop-Up’ Car Rally

A driver charged in separate crashes that killed two people during a pop-up car rally in southern New Jersey has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison. Gerald White, 38, of New Castle, Delaware, pleaded guilty in December to …

New York City Parkway Crash Takes 5 Lives

Five people died when the car they were in crashed on a New York City parkway Monday morning, police said. The Mazda was heading north on the Cross Island Parkway in the borough of Queens when it collided with another …

Driver Killed as Loose Wheel Crashes into Vehicle on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A wheel came off a pickup truck on an Indianapolis freeway, bounced over a median and crashed into the windshield of another vehicle, killing its driver Monday, police said. The woman driving the second vehicle was pronounced …

Police Seeks Witnesses to Crash That Killed 4 When SUV Rear-Ended Tractor-Trailer

Connecticut state police are seeking witnesses as investigators try to determine the cause of a crash that killed four people on Interstate 95 in Stamford. All four victims were in an SUV that rear-ended a tractor-trailer that had slowed for …

Companies Pledge Millions in Fed Effort to Stem Road Deaths

Nearly 50 businesses and nonprofits – including rideshare companies Uber and Lyft, industrial giant 3M and automaker Honda – are pledging millions of dollars in initiatives to stem a crisis in road fatalities under a new federal effort announced Friday. …

As Road Fatalities Spike, States Get Funds for Safety Enforcement and Speed Cameras

Drivers, beware: Speed cameras could be on their way to a location near you thanks to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law. Under new federal guidance issued Wednesday, states can now tap billions of federal highway dollars for roadway safety programs …

Biden Auto Safety Nominee Vows to Address Jump in Traffic Deaths

President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the top auto safety regulator will vow to address the massive increase in U.S. road deaths, according to congressional testimony seen by Reuters. Steven Cliff, who was tapped to head the National Highway …

First Half of Year Recorded 18% increase in Road Fatalities

Traffic deaths across the country soared by 18.4% in the first six months of 2021, the largest number of projected fatalities in that time period since 2006. The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that an estimated …

Roads Are Emptier But Riskier During Coronavirus Quarantine. Fatality Rate Up 14%.

As Americans have been driving less and covering fewer miles, the emptier roads have become more lethal. Preliminary data from the National Safety Council indicate a year-over-year 14% jump in fatality rates per miles driven in March, in spite of …

Staying Alive: Cutting U.S. Highway Death Rate to Zero

In the near future, the U.S. should be able to prevent thousands, and perhaps tens of thousands, of deaths on the roads and highways. The Department of Transportation has proposed a Road to Zero — the elimination of motor-vehicle fatalities …