Sentences with phrase «reduced fatal crashes»

A federal report finds that electronic stability control, or ESC, reduces fatal crashes involving a single car by 36 percent.

Two studies provide more evidence that antilock brakes reduce fatal crash risk and insurance losses.

Not exact matches

The Pedestrian Safety and Enforcement Program is a statewide initiative to reduce fatal car crashes involving pedestrians.

One study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimates that crash - avoidance technologies could reduce fatal car accidents by one - third, potentially saving many thousands of lives a year.

Due to the number of fatalities involving large trucks in work zones and the fact that each year approximately 25 percent of all fatal work zone crashes involve large trucks, FHWA has been working with FMCSA, NHTSA, and other stakeholders to develop strategies to reduce large truck crashes and fatalities in work zones.

Laws requiring all impaired - driving offenders to install alcohol interlocks reduce the number of impaired drivers in fatal crashes by 16 percent, a new IIHS study shows.

An Institute study found that ESC reduces fatal single - vehicle crashes by up to 50 percent.

A later federal report concluded that ABS reduces overall crash involvement risk by 6 percent for cars and 8 percent for pickups and SUVs but has no effect on fatal crash risk.

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

In Institute studies, ESC has been found to reduce fatal single - vehicle crash risk by 49 percent and fatal multiple - vehicle crash risk by 20 percent for cars and SUVs.

Antilock brakes on motorcycles reduce both insurance claims and fatal crashes, two new studies show.

Fatal single - vehicle rollover crashes are reduced even more — 70 percent for cars and 88 percent for the other vehicles.

The latest federal study of ESC shows that the technology reduces single - car fatal crashes by more than a third.

Equipping cars and SUVs with electronic stability control can reduce fatal single - vehicle crashes by more than half, a new Institute study shows.

This addition is based on Institute research indicating that ESC significantly reduces crash risk, especially the risk of fatal single - vehicle crashes, by helping drivers maintain control of their vehicles during emergency maneuvers).

Electronic stability control is significantly reducing rollovers, especially fatal single - vehicle ones (see «ESC reduces multiple - vehicle crashes as well as single - vehicle ones,» June 13, 2006).

Previous research found it significantly reduces the risk of fatal single - vehicle crashes.

Electronic stability control (ESC) could prevent nearly one - third of all fatal crashes and reduce the risk of rolling over by as much as 80 percent (see «ESC reduces multiple - vehicle crashes as well as single - vehicle ones,» June 13, 2006).

Electronic stability control could prevent nearly one - third of all fatal crashes and reduce rollover risk by as much as 80 %; effect is found on single - and multiple - vehicle crashes

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

Even though helmets are not required for motorcycle passengers by law, wearing a helmet can greatly reduce the risk of fatal injuries in the event of a crash.

Even though fault seems relatively clear - cut after a recent fatal motorcycle - vehicle crash, the insurance company will almost certainly try to reduce the compensation that the victim's family receives.

Gary Alexander, the Company's President and CEO says, «Other than just helping Florida teen drivers meet their Florida driver permit requirements and help them prepare for their Florida drivers license, we are hoping our humor - based approach to learning will be effective in reducing the amount of teen crashes and especially teen fatal and alcohol related crashes.»

By having this course you will help the elderly becomes less involved in any fatal crashes which then helps the country reduce 5 % of the age - related car accidents.

According to the head of an auto insurance company providing Florida auto insurance, they are glad to see such improvements and will be able to provide better auto insurance rates to the insurance clients because these developments will be helpful in reducing accidents, deaths, injuries and damages caused by some of the fatal crashes on the road.

Improvements in driver education and Graduated Driver License laws have drastically reduced the number of fatal crashes but consider these sobering statistics:

The order created DriveOhio to, in part, «bring together those who are responsible for building infrastructure in Ohio with those who are developing the advanced mobility technologies needed to allow our transportation system to reach its full potential by reducing serious and fatal crashes and improving traffic flow.»