Sentences with phrase «highway fatalities»

Only 20 % of highway fatalities involve construction personnel.

The result was a 25 % reduction in highway fatalities.

But new technologies — such as automated driving systems — hold the promise to dramatically reduce highway fatalities and expand access to transportation for traditionally underserved communities.

And, especially important, it's a future where highway fatalities and injuries are significantly reduced.

On average, there are 37 percent more highway fatalities on July Fourth than on an average July day.

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Here in the United States, we've seen highway fatalities and injuries fall to their lowest levels since we started keeping track more than 60 years ago.

64,000 of these traffic accidents resulted in at least one injury, and tragically, there were 288 reported highway fatalities.

According to the IIHS, approximately one in 10 highway fatalities occur in crashes involving large trucks.

In 2010, Texas had the highest highway fatality rate and highest number of work zone fatalities in the nation.

In sum, the nation has enjoyed 17 consecutive quarters of highway fatality reductions.

Buried deep in the State of the State book are proposals aimed at changing roadway behavior in an effort to cut down on the number of highway fatalities.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging Americans to protect themselves this busy holiday travel season due to an increase in highway fatalities and injuries this time of the year.

Sync and other similar devices are drawing more scrutiny from U.S. regulators who are studying the impact of driver distraction on highway fatalities and injuries.

Only three percent of the vehicles registered in the United States are motorcycles, but about 15 percent of all highway fatalities are motorcyclists and their passengers.

While motorcycles represent just 2 % of all registered vehicles in the United States, motorcycle accidents account for 5 % of all highway fatalities each year.

The reality is that we may always suffer some highway fatalities, acknowledges IIHS research chief Cicchino, but «it's not acceptable to have anyone die on our roads, so we shouldn't accept a number any higher than zero.»