Sentences with phrase «crash injuries and deaths»

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Fortune pointed to the quarterly report Tesla had filed just three days after the crash, warning that»... we face inherent risk of exposure to claims in the event our vehicles do not perform as expected resulting in personal injury or death,» and specifically calling out Autopilot as a technology that could result in such claims and materially affect financial performance.

In the letter, the NHTSA asks details about the design and build of Autopilot, as well as reports of crashes, injuries or deaths pertaining to the technology.

Although the increased use of seat belts and car seats means the number of motor vehicle injuries and deaths has declined, millions of crashes still occur on U.S. roads every year.

That makes it important to get your kids to wear bicycle helmets every time they ride, especially since head injuries are the most common cause of death and serious injury in bicycle crashes.

A helmet is the most important device available that can reduce head injury and death from a bicycle crash, according to Safe Kids USA.

That's because car crashes are the number one cause of death and injury to children under the age of 14.

The studies have proved that children of ages 1 - 2 should be in a rear - facing position as long as possible because it will reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in car crashes 5.3 times, which won't be the case with forward facing position.

The problem is that nearly 73 % of toddler car seats are installed incorrectly thus becoming the cause of injuries and deaths during crashes.

Head injuries are the leading cause of death and permanent disability in bicycle crashes, accounting for more than 60 percent of bike - related deaths.

«There have been too many crashes and too many horse deaths and injuries to justify the continuation of this industry.»

NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez is proposing a fund that would pay up to $ 1,000 to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted in serious injury or death.

However, experts and advocates say that the overwhelming cause of pedestrian injuries and deaths are car crashes.

The proposed fund, suggested by city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, would pay the money to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted in serious injury or death.

The Federal Road Safety Corps, in an emailed response to questions from our correspondent, said 11,931 tankers and trailers were involved in road crashes from 2007 to 2016, leading to 10,409 deaths and 32,922 injuries.

Every year, nearly 180,000 people in the USA die from preventable causes such as automobile crashes, drowning, firearm - related injuries, falls, assault, and drug overdoses; equivalent to one injury death every 3 minutes.

During the 13 - year follow - up period there were 277 unintentional fatal injuries, including 169 deaths from falls and 57 deaths from motor vehicle crashes.

Alcohol - related motor vehicle crashes account for almost 10,000 deaths and half a million injuries every year in the United States.

Heart disease was the leading cause of death for 2016, followed by cancer, unintentional injuries such as drug overdoses and car crashes, chronic lower respiratory diseases including asthma, and stroke.

Road - traffic safety aims to reduce the harm (deaths, injuries, and property damage) resulting from crashes of road vehicles traveling on public roads.

Gunshot injuries are a leading cause of death and injury in children and adolescents in the United States; they rank second only to motor vehicle crashes as a cause of death for children ages 15 to 19

The research team looked at the number of injuries, severity of injury, type of hospital interventions, patient deaths and costs - per - patient in children with gunshot injuries compared with children whose injuries resulted from other mechanisms, including stabbing, being hit by a motor vehicle, struck by blunt object, falls, motor vehicle crashes and others.

This is why suicide has surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of injury death, why a full third of employees suffer chronic debilitating stress, and why more than half of all «millennials» (18 to 33 year olds) experience a level of stress that keeps them awake at night with insomnia.

The movie contains almost continuous depictions of hand - to - hand battles (with and without weapons), racing high - tech vehicles and firing at various opponents which result in implied deaths, injuries (one drop of blood is shown), crashes, destructive explosion and characters disintegrating into digital rubble.

The Traffic Safety Program is funded by federal grants and is focused on reducing deaths, injuries, and costs associated with motor vehicle crashes.

Descriptions from the crash scene appear to confirm that the death and injury toll would have been significantly reduced if children were wearing seat belts.

Victims, or their families, must prove that a problem with the GM ignition switch was the «proximate cause» of a crash that caused death or injury; GM has said the ignition - switch fault in small cars like the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion, caused 54 accidents and 13 deaths.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

A new frontal oblique test to address a crash type that continues to result in deaths and serious injuries despite the use of seat belts, air bags, and the crashworthy structures of late - model vehicles;

But the defects raise another question, in my mind, at least: Are airbags as safe as we assume, for preventing death and injury in head - on car crashes?

Proper restraint use can reduce crash deaths and injuries even more.

In 2009, NHTSA launched the Not - in - Traffic Surveillance (NiTS) crash database of nontraffic events resulting in injuries and deaths, which can be used to calculate a national annual estimate.

Based on 2007 - 2011 NiTs data and data about onroad crashes, NHTSA estimates that 267 deaths and about 15,000 injuries occur annually in backover crashes.

Small - overlap crashes account for about 25 percent of the serious driver injuries and deaths that occur in frontal impacts, IIHS says.

Almost 10,000 occupant deaths occur each year in side impact crashes, and head injuries cause more than half of these deaths.

Even in a relatively low - speed crash, the airbag can inflate, strike the car seat, and cause serious brain injury and death.

While it halts the sale of GM's latest truck and adds to the company's tarnished public image, at least the GM can report there have been no known crashes, injuries, or deaths from the incident.

A new study looks at the types of crashes bicyclist detection systems would need to address in order to be most effective at reducing deaths and injuries.

Since 1998, U.S. regulations governing frontal crash performance have undergone major changes in response to concerns about deaths and injuries to people who are close to airbags when they deploy.

The principal cause of death in each case was determined based on an examination of the publicly available case materials, which primarily consisted of the crash narrative, the injury / source summary, and photographs of the crashed vehicle.

IIHS has long been a trusted source of information about ways to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage from crashes.

GM became aware of problem with a Chev Silverado pickup whose front airbags didn't deploy in a crash, and is aware of a death and several injuries.

An IIHS research program aims to spur better rear underride guards to reduce deaths and injuries in large truck crashes.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Is a non-profit organization that helps reduce deaths, injuries, and property damages due to car crashes.

ESC is meant to reduce the number of deaths and injuries resulting from crashes in which the driver loses directional control of the vehicle, including those resulting in vehicle rollover.

Crash testing for vehicles is very important in helping minimize losses such as deaths, injuries, and property damage from vehicle crashes that happen on the roads.

These car seats are made entirely to prevent child passenger from getting injury or from death during a car crash and collisions.

Vehicle accidents, car crashes and vehicle - related deaths continue to rise in most modern countries, and these deaths and injuries could have been prevented if you had selected a safe car.

This is incorporated in your car to protect you and other passengers from injury and death during a collision or crash.

Nationwide, the economic burden from crash - related injuries and deaths in one year alone totaled $ 12 billion.

Other causes of death include chronic respiratory diseases, unintentional injuries, diabetes, and motor vehicle crashes.