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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Decline in Traffic Fatalities in 2013

Roadway deaths fall nearly 25 percent in a decade, fatality rates at a historic low.

NHTSA Releases Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for First Quarter 2014

Both fatalities and miles driven down slightly from first quarter 2013.

NHTSA Study Shows Increase in Vehicle Crashes and Fatalities

Number of total crashes increased by 5.2 percent from 2011 to 2012.

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions in Highway Bills

Many witnesses expressed concern for overlapping themes that included standards for use of new technology in vehicles, safety of passengers and importance of accountability for vehicle-related mishaps.

U.S. Senate Passes Highway Bill with Auto Safety Provisions

The U.S. Senate has passed Senate Bill 1813, a two-year transportation bill worth $109 billion to go toward highway construction and auto safety initiatives. The House of Representatives has not completed work on its highway bill and may take up the Senate bill. The Senate legislation does the following: revises highway safety improvement programs; directs

NHTSA Reports Lowest Level of Annual Traffic Fatalities in More than Six Decades

In 2010, highway deaths fell to their lowest level since 1949.

NTSB: Collision-Avoidance System Might Have Prevented Fatal 2016 Crash in Kansas

After completing its investigation of the June 29, 2016, highway accident in Goodland, Kan. – which killed six people and injured five – the NTSB determined that collision-avoidance technology might have prevented the accident or mitigated its severity.

Rising Auto Claims Costs Putting Upward Pressure on Price of Insurance

A white paper from the Insurance Information Institute notes that, between the first quarters of 2014 and 2016, collision claim frequency increased 2.6 percent while collision claim severity rose 8.2 percent.

NTSB Chairman Lauds Crash Avoidance Technology

Speaking at the 2008 Washington, D.C. Auto Show, Mark V. Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), recognized auto manufacturers for their efforts to create innovative vehicle-based crash avoidance systems to help reduce the number of highway fatalities and injuries in crashes. According to government data, nearly 250 million vehicles are registered in

New Study Released on Drowsy Driving

A study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that an estimated 17.6% of all fatal crashes from 2017-2021 involved a drowsy driver.