Not exact matches
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.
«While we've seen a decrease
over the years in
motor vehicle fatalities involving people under the influence, the nature
of those
crashes is changing,» said study author Fernando Wilson, PhD, associate professor at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center.
Concern:
Over time, the ball joint corrosion may result in the front lower control arm separating from the ball joint, causing a loss
of steering control and increasing the risk
of a
motor vehicle crash.
Ford
Motor Company is recalling certain units
of the 2016 Ford Focus and 2016 Ford C - Max
over a welding issue that reduces the structural integrity
of the
vehicles, thereby increasing the risk
of injury the event
of a
crash.
Commercial trucking
crashes are some
of the most life - threatening
motor vehicle accidents, with
over 275 reported fatalities in Idaho nearly every year.
Despite the implementation
of highway safety programs such as Click It or Tick It, Don't Text and Drive, and Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over,
motor vehicle crashes claim lives and cause injuries every day in Illinois.
Statistics collected by the Insurance Corporation
of British Columbia (ICBC) demonstrate the staggering frequency
of crashes: on average, there were 290,000 reported collisions involving
motor vehicles from 2012 - 2016 in BC; worse, these dangerous accidents are on the rise, increasing from 260,000 to 330,000
over the same five - year period.
There were
over 100 fatalities per day in 2016, and
motor vehicle crashes were reported as the # 1 cause
of death for ages 16 through 23 in the year 2015.
NBC Boston analyzed MassDOT data
over a ten - year period, from 2003 - 2013 and reported Columbia Road at the I - 93 Expressway in Boston saw the highest number
of motor vehicle crashes in the state.