It is estimated that helmets reduce the likelihood of
a crash fatality by 37 percent.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, helmets can reduce the likelihood of a motorcycle
crash fatality by 37 % and head injuries by 69 %, but hardly any states, including Texas, have a universal helmet law.
Not exact matches
This is the third public statement
by Tesla since the March 23
crash — and its strongest language yet in an effort to distance itself from the
fatality.
Tesla also went on to cite stats from the government showing Autopilot reduced
crash rates
by 40 percent, and suffered far fewer
fatalities per mile than other cars.
Pat, It's more like trying to reduce drunk driving
fatalities by making sure the drunk's car isn't really a TANK that
crashes through car after car after car before finally plowing into a crowded market and running over some more people.
Using a child safety seat or booster seat that's right for your child's age and size can help prevent injuries and
fatalities caused
by car
crashes.
Apart from the Lockerbie bombing (270
fatalities), for which responsibility was accepted
by Gadhafi, attacks with more than 50
fatalities in the last 20 years were
by Al Qaeda, Islamic State, or non-Muslim far - right inspired individuals (the attack listed as Greek is the bombing of TWA Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York, which happened to
crash in Greece but Greece was not the target of the attack).
Legislator Lynne Dixon said, «While STOP - DWI efforts have reduced the number of alcohol - related
fatalities, still too many lives are lost because of
crashes caused
by drunk or impaired drivers.
This initiative is part of a statewide effort to reduce drunk driving
crashes and associated
fatalities by a combination of public education and a heightened enforcement of drinking and driving offenses.
Uzay Kirbiyik conducted a study of risk factors associated with drivers» survival in head - on vehicle collisions
by examining
Fatality Analysis Reporting System database records in 1,108
crashes.
The number of motor vehicle
fatalities involving children under age 15 varies widely
by state, but occurrences are more common in the South, and are most often associated with improperly or unused restraints and
crashes on rural roads, a new review of child - related auto
fatalities shows.
The study, conducted jointly
by researchers at Harvard and UT Southwestern Medical Center, is the first to look at state - level trends in child
fatalities involving motor vehicle
crashes, and to account for differences in geography and state laws and regulations.
Seeing the horrible
crashes from that same Imola weekend
by Rubens Barrichello, then Roland Ratzenberger; then the collision between J.J. Lehto's stalled Benneton - Ford and Pedro Lamy's Lotus - Honda at the start —
by rights, we could easily have had four
fatalities at the San Marino Grand Prix instead of one (Ratzenberger, of course) before Senna even made the first corner.
NHTSA found in a study that 11 % of
fatalities in belted, non-rollover
crashes were caused
by this type of injury.
The Tesla Autopilot
crash fatality in May points to how safe, not unsafe, self - driving cars can be in the future, and how driver assistance features today are at preventing
crashes by warning or intervening.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute have estimated that collision mitigation braking could reduce
fatalities in rear - end
crashes by 44 percent and injuries
by 47 percent if all tractor - semitrailers were equipped with the technology.
«Small overlap
crashes,» which include the type of accident examined
by the new test, «are a major source of these
fatalities.»
«Full - vehicle
crash tests are among the tools we use to assess vehicle - safety - technology advancements that have helped reduce the motor - vehicle
fatality rate
by about 30 percent over the last two decades.»
Frontal airbags reduce driver
fatalities in frontal
crashes by 29 percent and
fatalities of front - seat passengers age 13 and older
by 32 percent.
Child restraints provide excellent protection, reducing
crash fatality risk for infants
by more than 70 percent and for toddlers
by more than 50 percent, compared with riding unrestrained (see «How can child restraints be improved to save more lives?»
According to a study
by the IIHS, small overlap
crashes of this type accounted for nearly 25 - percent of frontal
crashes resulting in a serious injury or
fatality.
Between 1959 and 2013,
crashes dropped
by 75 % while
fatalities went down
by 85 %.
According to a report
by the Virginia Highway Safety Office, 775 people were killed in motor vehicle
crashes in the state in 2012, which accounted for a 1.44 percent increase in traffic
fatalities when compared with the previous year.
True, car
crash survivability rates are even higher (when you consider all car
crashes, including so - called «fender benders»), but given that car
crashes happen so often, the smaller
fatality rate still translates to far more deaths
by automobile than
by airplane.
Their inability to come to stop quickly is often a leading factor of many truck
crashes especially when other motorists are driving erratically or the trucker is negotiating slippery, wet or icy road surface conditions.Faulty truck brakes and defective tires cause many accident
fatalities as does fatigue
by truck drivers hurrying to deliver their load on schedule.
In 2010, there were a total of 17,663
crashes caused
by drivers with these aggressive driving behaviors (In 2013, there were a total of 255 vehicle
crashes that led to
fatalities).
However when these accidents are caused
by preventable factors, the company may be liable for any injuries or even
fatalities which may occur when their buses
crash.
Until the roads become safer, and reckless / negligent drivers are removed from highway, we can expect to continue suffering from the tragedy brought on
by fatality car
crashes in Washington and throughout the U.S..
IIHS concluded that the presence of the cameras decreased speeding in excess of 10 miles per hour
by 59 percent and that there was a 19 percent reduction in the likelihood that intersection - related
crashes would result in a
fatality or incapacitating injury.
According to research
by the Kentucky Transportation Center of the University of Kentucky, motorcycle
crashes accounted for only 1.6 percent of the state's traffic accidents in 2012; however, they were responsible for 6.2 percent of traffic accident injuries, and 13.4 percent of motor vehicle accident
fatalities.
One in three child
fatalities from
crashes are caused
by side - impact collisions that result in head trauma.
The most recent data available, from 2008, shows that California car accidents that resulted in
fatalities have decreased
by nearly fourteen percent, which brings them to the lowest level since the Department of Transportation started recording
crash and
fatality statistics in the 1970s.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, around 18 percent of all
crashes that ended in
fatalities were caused
by driver distraction.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration although traffic
fatalities have been declining, more than one third of all vehicle
crashes are still caused
by nothing more complicated than speeding.
• About 3000 people die each year on our roads • Road traffic incidents are the single biggest killer of young people between 16 and 25 years old • More women between the ages of 16 and 19 die as passengers than drivers • A third of all drivers killed are male and 20 years of age or less • Young drivers have more
crashes at night • Young drivers»
crash risk increases when only accompanied
by their peer group • 17 - 25 year olds are 10 % of drivers but account for a third of all
fatalities.
The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian
fatalities caused
by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the
crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.