Sentences with phrase «for crash severity»

The authors used a nationally representative sample of police - reported crashes in the United States to show that, after accounting for crash severity, front - seat occupants in vehicles with airbags had higher fatality rates than those in vehicles without airbags.

Not exact matches

March 27: Tesla releases its first blog post, «What We Know About Last Week's Accident,» saying it hasn't been able to retrieve computer logs from Huang's vehicle and blames the damaged highway safety barrier for the severity of the crash.

The goal of the national CDL program is to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes in the United States by requiring states to conduct knowledge and skills testing before issuing a CDL, maintain a complete and accurate driver history record for anyone who obtains a CDL, and impose appropriate disqualifications against any driver who violates certain offenses.

Volvo has an answer for that: when the number of low - speed crashes goes dramatically down, the remaining accidents are of greater severity; when you take many cheap rear - endings out of the equation, you're left paying for the rollovers, front - end impacts, and «t - bone» crashes, which are both more dangerous and more expensive.

Air bags (multi-stage) Regulates the amount of air bag necessary for the front passengers by crash severity.

The system determines the severity of the crash, safety belt use and the driver's seating position before deploying the air bags for a low - or high - energy frontal crash.

Claim severity for collision losses increased with most of the crash avoidance features.

And while Toyota has top marks for those, too, this system doesn't merely lessen the severity of crashes — it works to prevent them from happening altogether.

In crashes of all severities, the frequency at which insurance collision claims were filed was 21 percent lower for the ABS models.

Along with the increased structural rigidity of the platform that aids with occupant protection, standard safety items included on every new 2017 Nissan GT - R consist of the Nissan Advanced Air Bag System (AABS) that features dual - stage supplemental front air bags with seat belt sensors and occupant classification sensors that can vary the rate of air bag inflation based upon seatbelt usage and crash severity; a pair of side - impact supplemental air bags that are integrated into the front seats so that they move with the driver / front passenger as the seating position is adjusted; roof - mounted curtain side - impact supplemental air bags; energy - absorbing steering column; and LATCH System (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) to properly secure LATCH - compatible child restraints without having to use the seatbelts.

Small overlap crashes account for a quarter of frontal crashes of all severities in Germany, a new study of insurance claims indicates.

Standard safety equipment includes: • Advanced Multi-stage Front Air Bags provide nearly instantaneous occupant protection by matching air bag output to crash severity • Low - risk Deployment Air Bags are included for smaller and out - of - position occupants • Front Seat - mounted Side Air Bags deploy for enhanced thorax protection during a side impact • Supplemental Side Air Bag Inflatable Curtains with Extended Up Time deploy down to provide all three rows vehicle occupant head protection during side impact • Structural Driver and Front Passenger Knee Bolsters control occupant kinematics and reduce leg loads • Available Child Booster Seats for children 4 foot 9 inches (1.45 m) tall and between 48 lbs.

In Need for Speed: SHIFT, when you crash, depending on the severity of the crash a few things will happen.

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How vehicles collide is often relevant to who was at fault for the accident and the severity of the injuries suffered in the crash.

In all likelihood, your opponent's legal team will try to argue that you had some responsibility for your wreck, downplay the severity of your injuries, or blame other factors for the crash.

We will likely use medical reports from your doctors, as well as examination records for any treatment you received immediately after your crash, to determine the true severity of your injuries.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reports that there is a direct correlation between vehicle speed and the severity of crashes and injuries.

Due to the severity of most 18 - wheeler accidents, the victim in a crash that was caused by a tractor - trailer driver may be entitled to receive financial compensation for lost wages and benefits, any disability that resulted from the collision, medical expenses, suffering, and pain.

And it's not just the number of accidents that's higher, it's also the severity: drivers under the age of 25 are involved in more than a quarter of all fatal crashes, despite accounting for just over 12 % of the driving population.

When studying this crash data they found that for every.01 % that a driver's BAC increases, so did the driver's average speed and the severity of the crash.

Their data showed that the severity of the crash increased by 37 % for a driver at.01 % BAC as compared to a sober driver.