Sentences with phrase «highest fatal crash»

Chrysler also released a chart showing several vehicles from the same era that have seen higher fatal crash rates than the Liberty or Grand Cherokee.

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At the time, the NTSB said that «operational limits» such as Tesla being unable to ensure that drivers are paying attention when a car travels at high speed played a major role in the 2016 fatal crash.

Radar, flashy LED signs, and text alerts to drivers» cell phones and local police are part of New York's new, high - tech effort to combat often fatal wrong - way crashes on the state Thruway.

«Assuming fewer than 10 per cent of Americans drive while high on April 20, our results suggest that drug use at 4/20 celebrations more than doubles the risk of a fatal crash,» said Redelmeier.

A near - fatal car crash days before his high - school graduation had a profound effect on Lucas.

Among drivers, 14 percent of those involved in fatal pedestrian crashes had a BAC of.08 g / dL or higher and 12 percent of those involved in fatal bicyclist crashes involved a BAC of.08 g / dL or higher.

«Inter-Urban AEB» works at higher speeds and targets fatal and serious injury crashes that may be caused by driver inattentiveness or distraction.

Motorcycle crashes result in a high incidence of serious and fatal injuries because the rider has little protection as compared to a vehicle with steel reinforcement and airbags.

This percentage was higher than fatal car crashes or truck accidents involving drunk driving.

Data from the National Safety Council concluded an unusually high number of people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2016, with a 6 percent rise from 2015, and a 14 percent increase in fatal auto accident collisions since 2014.

In a recent study entitled «Prevalence of High BAC in Alcohol - Impaired Driving Fatal Crashes,» it was found that pickup truck drivers accounted for 25 percent of alcohol - impaired drivers in 2010.

In 2012, 28 percent of the speeding drivers under age 21 who were involved in fatal crashes also had BACs of.08 g / dL or higher.

In contrast, only 13 percent of the non-speeding drivers under 21 involved in fatal crashes in 2012 had BACs of.08 g / dL or higher.

For drivers 21 to 24 years old who were involved in fatal crashes in 2012, 50 percent of speeding drivers had BACs of.08 g / dL or higher, compared with only 24 percent of non-speeding drivers.»

Research indicates that the risk of a fatal car crash is increased when a passenger between the ages of 8 and 17 is riding with a teen driver, travelling on high - speed roads or not wearing a seatbelt.

Below you'll find the states with the 10 highest average blood alcohol levels in drivers involved in fatal crashes since 1994:

But the highest number of fatal crashes were at intersection of I - 93 and I - 495 in Andover and Route 3 and Route 18 in Weymouth.

Fatal accidents involving a car and a pedestrian accounted for 14 percent of crash - related fatalities in the state of Utah in the year 2011, reaching the highest rate since 2002.

According to the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 77 percent of fatal crashes are due to driver error and more than 60 percent of drivers consider other drivers a major personal threat to themselves and their family.

Of the vehicles that rolled over, utility vehicles presented the highest rate at 36.2 percent in fatal crashes, 9.6 percent in injury crashes and 2.4 in property - damage - only - crashes.

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.

More specifically, the FSA reports that Florida recorded the highest rate of crashes (both fatal and non-fatal) and the second highest rate of alcohol - related crashes involving teenage drivers between 15 and 19 years of age.

Motorcycle crashes result in a high incidence of serious and fatal injuries because the rider has little protection as compared to a vehicle with steel reinforcement and airbags.

These six have the worst / highest percentage involvement in fatal or serious injury crashes and they are:

Compared to any other group, the risk to be in a fatal crash is substantially higher for 16 - to 19 - year - olds [2].