Sentences with phrase «reduce injuries in crashes»

Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among those aged 1 - 54 in the U.S.. For adults and older children (who are big enough for seat belts to fit properly), seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes.

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Ten helmets tested by researchers reduced the likelihood of traumatic brain injury by an average of 20 percent compared with no helmet in a simulation using crash test dummies.

The ARB is located on the infant car seat base and minimizes the risk of injury by reducing rebound rotation by up to 30 percent in a crash.

Crash reports evaluate the ability of the child seat to reduce the injury risk in conditions that simulates a car's interior environment and the forces encountered during a crash.

Called Next Generation (Next Gen), the car seats offer 360 Degree Protection with Head Safety Technology - designed to reduce the risk of head injury and provides protection from all sides in the event of a vehicle crash.

Any time you can minimize the motion in a crash, though, the potential for injury is also reduced.

The studies have proved that children of ages 1 - 2 should be in a rear - facing position as long as possible because it will reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in car crashes 5.3 times, which won't be the case with forward facing position.

Be sure to use the top tether: It will limit the motion of the car seat and your child's head in a crash and reduce the risk of injury.

The information from these and other studies are then used in officer traffic safety programs to help reduce crash fatalities and injuries.

«Vehicle - to - vehicle technologies have the potential to significantly reduce fatalities and injuries in crashes and could one day help motorists avoid crashes altogether,» said David Strickland, NHTSA Administrator.

In carrying out its safety mandate to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses, FMCSA:

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in cooperation with its partners and customers, strives to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.

Larry Kwiecinski, engineering group manager for the GM Global Safety Center, noted, «In our vehicles without knee airbags, the vehicle structure, the seat belts and the instrument panel are all designed to help absorb crash energy and reduce lower - leg injuries, as well.

This NPRM proposes rulemaking on these and other requirements to increase the correct use of child restraint anchorage systems and tether anchorages, and the correct use of child restraints, with the ultimate goal of reducing injuries to restrained children in motor vehicle crashes.

Methods that are currently being implemented in the United States are included in the guide to empower work zone safety practitioners to effectively reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities.

The goal of our crash test program is to encourage these kinds of improvements to reduce injury risk in real - world crashes.»

This isn't the first time the Institute has tested a BMW with head protection airbags (see «Airbags for heads reduce injuries in side impact crashes,» Dec. 27, 1997).

The new BMW 1 Series Convertible also comes with crash - optimized seats with specially padded headrests and backrests designed to reduce the risk of injury in an impact from the rear.

Auto manufacturers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to occupant injuries in struck cars (see Status Report special issue: vehicle incompatibility in crashes, April 28, 2005).

As you can see in the graph, the technology reduced rear - end crashes with injuries by more than 40 %.

The Smart mostly lacks a front - end crush zone, which is a key component in reducing injury risk in serious frontal crashes.

The Avalon's high - strength body works to disperse crash energy away from the occupants, while the Whiplash - Injury - Lessening seats have been engineered to yield in a controlled manner in order to reduce the risk of a neck injury in the event of a collision.

Police crash data from 25 states between 2009 and 2015 for vehicle models where the systems were sold as optional reduced rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe and head - on crashes by 11 percent, and injuries in such crashes by 21 percent.

In 2006, Swedish research showed that ESC reduced crashes with personal injuries, especially serious and fatal injuries.

Pre-acceleration and force limitation allow the occupants to be temporarily isolated from the effects of the crash, significantly reducing the risk and severity of injuries in a frontal collision.

A similar speed reduction in a higher speed crash would significantly reduce injury risk, as well as vehicle damage.

The buckles are bigger and the belts heavier than usual, but Ford reckons they reduce chest, head and neck injuries in the event of a crash.

It reduces rear - end crashes by 40 % and also reduces whiplash injuries, the most common type of injuries in vehicles.

The question addressed in the Institute's new research is whether these redesigned seats and head restraints are doing a better job of reducing neck injuries in real - world crashes, compared with older designs.

Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute have estimated that collision mitigation braking could reduce fatalities in rear - end crashes by 44 percent and injuries by 47 percent if all tractor - semitrailers were equipped with the technology.

Conequence: IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SIDE AIRBAG MAY NOT DEPLOY, REDUCING THE PROTECTION INTENDED FOR THE OCCUPANT AND INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURIES.

In addition, the brake pedal is designed to collapse to help reduce lower leg injuries in a severe crasIn addition, the brake pedal is designed to collapse to help reduce lower leg injuries in a severe crasin a severe crash.

«The latest findings show that seat / head restraint combinations that rate good in IIHS evaluations are helping to reduce the overall injury rate in crashes,» says David Zuby, IIHS chief research officer and one of the co-authors of the new study.

Red light cameras in Chicago have reduced injury crashes by 10 percent and angle injury crashes by 19 percent, researchers from Northwestern University have found.

A new study looks at the types of crashes bicyclist detection systems would need to address in order to be most effective at reducing deaths and injuries.

Such restraints should reduce the risk of whiplash injury by meeting positioning requirements in relation to drivers» heads — that is, the restraints would be positioned high enough and close enough to the backs of occupants» heads in a rear - end crash to mitigate neck injury.

An IIHS research program aims to spur better rear underride guards to reduce deaths and injuries in large truck crashes.

Study shows lap safety belts and energy absorbing steering columns reduces driver injury in a crash

Some of these designs have been found to reduce neck injuries in real - world crashes.

Now some new designs of seats and head restraints are reducing neck injuries among car occupants involved in rear - end crashes.

In Fusions manufactured after January, Ford added a structure below the accelerator pedal designed to reduce injury risk to the right leg and foot in frontal offset crasheIn Fusions manufactured after January, Ford added a structure below the accelerator pedal designed to reduce injury risk to the right leg and foot in frontal offset crashein frontal offset crashes.

ESC is meant to reduce the number of deaths and injuries resulting from crashes in which the driver loses directional control of the vehicle, including those resulting in vehicle rollover.

Some of these designs have been found to reduce neck injuries in real - world crashes (see «Not your father's head restraint: New designs reduce neck injuries,» Oct. 26, 2002).

Mercedes - Benz F200 Imagination introduced the window airbag which inflates across the side walls and considerably reduces the risk of head injuries in side crashes and rollovers.

The front airbags are designed to supplement the seat belts to help reduce the likelihood of head and upper body injuries in frontal crashes.

The hazards: improperly welded apron joints may reduce the front - end structural integrity of the vehicle, increasing the risk of injury in the event of a crash.

Buying a car with advanced safety features such as anti-lock brakes, air bags, electronic stability control and high crash protection ratings will decrease the chances of serious injury and death in the event of a crash, reduce the cost of your car insurance and may also boost your vehicle's resale value.

Our injury lawyers know that use of blind spot warnings — which alerts drivers when a vehicle is next to them but in their blind spot — reduces the rate of all crashes caused by lane changes by 14 % and the rate of lane - change crashes resulting in injuries by 23 %.

In fact, crash data collected by the NHTSA suggests that helmets reduce the risk of fatal injury following an accident by nearly 30 percent.

Installing a motorcycle crash bar can help to reduce the risk of serious injury in the event of an accident.