Car accidents in the United States are a major concern, affecting millions every year. With an expansive road network, the vast stretches of highways, and a high dependence on automobiles, the U.S. witnesses a significant number of accidents annually, leading to fatalities, injuries, and conside...
Relative risk of driver death in a two-car crash is estimated as a function of the mass of each car using driver and pedestrian fatalities coded in the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS). This study uses model-year 1980 and later cars. A three parameter analytical function fitted to the...
South Dakota Car Crash Fatalities by County County NameTotal Fatalities (2021)Total Fatalities (2022)Total Fatalities (2023) Aurora County 3 2 0 Beadle County 4 0 2 Bennett County 1 0 0 Bon Homme County 0 3 0 Brookings County 2 4 3 Brown County 1 1 1 Brule County 0 0 0 Buffalo ...
However, the spike in post-pandemic car crash fatalities has started to decline. Since insurance companies were approved for significant rate increases over the past few years, many carriers may be near rate adequacy. This means that 2025 may usher in a time of rate stabilization, but there ar...
Lixin aggregates all of the crash and fatality data between 2010 and 2015 onto Brevard County roads so that individual segments of the road network get a count representing the number of crashes and the number of fatalities that have occurred there. For each count, he computes the per mile,...
In 2016, 10,497 car crash fatalities were caused by driving under the influence of alcohol. Around 15% of alcohol-related car crash fatalities in the US involve drivers whose blood alcohol concentrations are below the legal limit. 55% of deaths in such cases involve people other than the dri...
crash for crash, to result in fatalities. This is why nearly every article I’ve written on vehicular safety in multi-vehicle contexts has had to do with the vehicles that have tested best in side impact crash mitigation. The theory I developed some years ago was that, while the IIHS’ ...
Data also shows that from the years 1975 to 2018, annual male fatalities were consistently more than twice the number of female fatalities. Every insurer also has their own database of past crash data, which they will look at to see which gender has the higher history of claims at the com...
Alaska Statute 09.10.070 sets a two-year statute of limitations to file a civil suit with the courts. The statute is relevant to anyone-driver, bicyclist, passenger, motorcyclist, or pedestrian-injured in an auto accident. It also applies to property damage claims following a crash and inciden...
Coding the Perfect Car CrashClosing the Gap Between Virtual and Physical Crash Simulations Helps Automotive Industry Save LivesShare Tweet According to Safer America, roughly 1.3 million people die in car accidents worldwide every year—an average of 3,287 fatalities per day. Reducin...