Sentences with phrase «in 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.

The result was a 25 % reduction in highway fatalities.

Not exact matches

Analyzing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, the authors determined that Uber is responsible for a 16.6 percent decline in vehicular fatalities each year.

Amid a resurgence in U.S. traffic fatalities now taking roughly 100 lives a day, an advocacy group today issued a report card identifying states that do the most, and least, to improve highway safety.

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.

Ebong, tolls were removed from Connecticut's highways more than 30 years ago after a series of ghastly accidents resulting in multiple fatalities.

With data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System covering 1994 to 2011, the researchers analyzed fatal motor vehicle crashes in Colorado and in the 34 states that did not have medical marijuana laws, comparing changes over time in the proportion of drivers who were marijuana - positive and alcohol - impaired.

A few sobering stats: The number of bicyclists killed in motor vehicle accidents increased by 16 % between 2010 and 2012, per the most recent Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report on bicyclist fatalities.

An NSF report on a study by Knipling and Wang (Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards Federal Highway Administration) showed that car accidents related to sleep deprivation resulted in more than 1,500 fatalities and 71,000 injuries per year.

Volvo, a clear leader in autonomous technology with a goal of zero fatalities in its cars by the next decade, is testing next year with just 100 XC90s in a very controlled environment on 50 kilometers of highway in Gothenburg, Sweden.

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) research, distraction - related fatalities represented 16 percent of overall traffic fatalities in 2009

Evaluating other data sources (Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Highway Safety Information System, and Strategic Highway Research Program Safety Database) that may provide insights on the performance of the ET - Plus in the field.

We have made great progress in improving the safety of our transit systems, pipelines, and highways, and in reducing roadway fatalities to historic lows.

It's always been a factor in the outsize teen road - fatality rate, but with the explosion in cell phones and iPods — talking, texting, tuning, and a plethora of distractions I could hardly imagine back when a friend gave me my first lesson in the subject by torching the rear seat of her Ford Maverick when the lit end of her cigarette blew off on the highway — things have gotten progressively worse.

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.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found 2003 — 04 Accords had the lowest fatality rates in the non-luxury midsize sedan class [41]

Take a look at 2006: the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a study that said the risk of fatalities from rollover accidents could be reduced by 80 percent in SUVs if electronic stability control was a mandatory piece of equipment.

Enforcement campaigns such as «Click It or Ticket» and «Slow for the Cone Zone» have led to a reduction in collisions, injuries and fatalities on California's highways.

A just - released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistical projection of traffic fatalities for 2015 estimates that 35,200 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes — an increase of about 7.7 % as compared to the 32,675 fatalities reported in 2014.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that far side impact crashes account for 11 percent of fatalities among belted front passengers in non rollover incidents between 2004 and 2009.

That's right, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), most of these fatalities aren't to the children on the buses, but rather to occupants of other vehicles involved in the crashes (72 percent) or to other non-occupants of the buses, such as those who are walking and biking to school (20 percent).

Based on 2013 crash statistics, an average of 131 injuries and 1.6 fatalities occur in highway work zones every day.

BEEMERS GET ABS A recent report from the Governors Highway Safety Association says that despite a two percent decrease in motorcycle fatalities last year, there is still concern that they could start rising again.

Analyzing over 710,000 accident records covering 20 years from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the Auto Insurance Center created a series of maps and graphics depicting the deadliest counties and states in the U.S. for drivers.

It should also be noted that even the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), in its report, suggests that there might be a correlation between traffic deaths and cellphone use, saying «a more recent factor contributing to the increase in pedestrian fatalities may be the growing use of smart phones by all road users, which can be a significant source of distraction for both drivers and pedestrians.»

While this post was being written, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the data for 2016, showing a 5.6 percent increase in fatalities over 2015.

This week, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a new report looking at the increases in pedestrian motor vehicle crash fatalities during 2009 — 16.

According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2010 pedestrian fatalities accounted for over 13 % of all fatalities caused by cars.

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.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were more than 4,000 pedestrian fatalities from traffic accident involvement in 2009 in the United States.

According to data from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, there were more than 37,000 road fatalities in 2016 — the largest such number in nearly a decade.

A recent report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association reminds us all that we need to be mindful when we are a pedestrian on the roadway and a driver in an area with pedestrians, reporting that California leads the nation in pedestrian - related fatalities.

In 2012 alone, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported over 400 alcohol - related fatalities on North Carolina roads and highways, representing 31.1 percent of all traffic fatalities.

Most of the accidents that occur on this highway do not result in catastrophic injuries or fatalities, but when traffic is moving at 70 mph, any collision could easily turn tragic.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates for every 100,000 vehicular accidents, approximately 13 result in a fatality.

Tragically, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cites data indicating an increase in motorcycle fatalities in all states that repealed their helmet laws.

According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, one out of every nine traffic fatalities in 2008 resulted from a collision involving a large truck (gross weight greater than 10,000 pounds).

Truck driver fatigue is a major problem in New Mexico and throughout the United States, and it is one of the leading causes of accidents and fatalities on American highways.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 4,000 pedestrians are killed in U.S. traffic accidents every year, accounting for nearly 11 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities.

Auto accidents are a major cause of death in the United States, with more than 30,000 fatalities occurring each year, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcycle deaths occur 27 times more frequently than fatalities in other motor vehicles.

According to the California Highway Patrol's 2010 Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), 15 fatalities and 1,011 injuries were reported as a result of car accidents in the city of San Bernardino.

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

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.

According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, roughly 25,000 fatalities happen each year due to lane departure crashes, or situations in which one vehicle veers out of its lane in a highway or another multiple - lanHighway and Transportation Officials, roughly 25,000 fatalities happen each year due to lane departure crashes, or situations in which one vehicle veers out of its lane in a highway or another multiple - lanhighway or another multiple - lane road.

Between 2003 and 2012, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 4,200 pedestrian fatalities were recorded in our state.

According to California Highway Patrol data, there are three common factors in most pedestrian accident fatalities occurring in Riverside County.

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..

Maine is one region where the fatality counts from traffic accidents rose substantially from 2009 to 2010 despite the decrease in percentage for the rest of the country, according to the preliminary report by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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