Last week, I was surprised to learn that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration {NHTSA) had published a self-analysis of their progress — dated June 2024. NHTSA responded with an 8-page explanation to Congress after a federal advisory committee condemned the safety agency for 55 yea...
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Government officials saytraffic fatalities rose 7.2 percent in 2015compared to the previous year. That’s the largest single-year increase in a half century. The final tally of 35,092 deaths released Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is 0.5 percent ...
June 21, 2023 Success America faces a ‘national crisis of traffic deaths’ as the number of roadway fatalities is barely budging, Buttigieg says BYThe Associated PressApril 20, 2023 Tech Tesla is being investigated over seat belts that may come loose BYThe Associated PressMarch 28, 2023...
NHTSA said of the 26,325 passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes during 2021, 11,813 were unrestrained. The majority of those killed when not buckled up were in the driver's seat, according to the agency. “Being in a crash without wearing a seat belt can...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has amended its Standing General Order 2021-01 (SGO) concerning crash reporting for vehicles with automated driving systems (ADS) or SAE Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). The second amended SG...
Government officials say traffic fatalities rose 7.2 percent in 2015 compared to the previous year, the largest single-year increase since 1966
Tesla Autopilot is getting further scrutiny from the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminsitration (NHTSA) as the agency has opened a Rcall Query to determine whether its safeguards that wererolled out in an Over-the-Air updatelate last year are effective. ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should reconsider its dramatic underestimate of the number of lives that could be saved by requiring side underride guards for large trucks, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said in a recent regulatory comment June 1...
Consumer complaints and traffic fatalities: Insights from the NHTSA vehicle owner's complaint database. Paper presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th annual meeting, Boston, MA.Ghazizadeh, M., & Lee, J.D. (2012). Consumer Complaints and Traffic Fatalities: Insights from the ...
Motor vehicle crashes cost American society $340 billion in 2019, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced today. The agency’s new report, “The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019,” examines the costs of one