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...
U.S Traffic Fatalities Dip Slightly in First Half of 2018 August 24, 2018 Preliminary estimates indicate a leveling off of the recent upward trend in motor vehicle deaths, with the number of fatalities...
Teen Crash Risk Highest First 3 Months After Getting License July 10, 2018 Teenage drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in a collision or near miss during the first three...
Iowa Supreme Court Reduces Liability of Governments for Road Safety June 18, 2018 By David Pitt A recent Iowa Supreme Court decision involving a 2013 car accident on a northwest Iowa county road could make it...
How Safe Must Driverless Vehicles Be to Be Accepted? Very Safe. May 31, 2018 The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles...
Distracted Driving Is More Deadly Than Data Shows: Special Report October 18, 2017 By Kyle Stock Jennifer Smith doesn’t like the term “accident.” It implies too much chance and too little culpability. A “crash” killed her...