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The NHTSA study compared reports of vehicle crashes among similar models, some of which were, and some of which were not, equipped with stability control.

Not exact matches

Fortune pointed to the quarterly report Tesla had filed just three days after the crash, warning that»... we face inherent risk of exposure to claims in the event our vehicles do not perform as expected resulting in personal injury or death,» and specifically calling out Autopilot as a technology that could result in such claims and materially affect financial performance.

If the front or the back of the Tesla Model S crashed into the trailer, the advanced crash safety system of the electric vehicle could likely save the driver's life, as what happened in an incident reported in May that saw all five passengers of the Tesla Model S survive a horrific crash.

Tesla provided some more details on Friday about the fatal crash involving one of its Model X vehicles, but the National Transportation Safety Board isn't particularly happy about that, The Washington Post first reported.

We've got some sad news to report: The next season of Discovery Channel's long - running show about blowing stuff up, crashing every type of vehicle known to man and inflicting various types of damage on a lifelike dummy will be its last.

Preliminary reports said a police vehicle was responding to a call in the area of Morse Avenue and Sheridan Road when the crash occurred, according to Fire Media information.

The number of alcohol - related fatalities in police - reported motor vehicle crashes has dropped steadily from 750 in 1984 to 292 in 2014, according to the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research, according to a Cuomo release.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Tuesday that the number of alcohol - related fatalities in police - reported motor vehicle crashes for the state of New York has dropped steadily from 750 in 1984 to 292 in 2014.

Details of the road crash are unclear, however, reports suggest his mashed vehicle run into a truck loaded with lumber Friday evening.

While responding to a report of a stolen vehicle in Delaware County, troopers found that the suspect returned to the residence after crashing the vehicle.

«When we analyzed crash statistics already reported by different agencies, we found that drivers 65 years of age and older have a lot of medical - related issues that are related to vehicle crashes,» Najarian says.

They reported that Colorado underwent a significant increase in the proportion of drivers in a fatal motor vehicle crash who were marijuana - positive after the commercialization of medical marijuana in the middle of 2009.

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.

Uzay Kirbiyik conducted a study of risk factors associated with drivers» survival in head - on vehicle collisions by examining Fatality Analysis Reporting System database records in 1,108 crashes.

It was based on two national data sets used frequently in analyses of motor vehicle crashes: the Fatality Analysis Reporting System; and the National Automotive Sampling System's General Estimates System data sets (2006 - 2010).

«Self - driving cars have been invented and apps tell cyclists of approaching vehicles but the vehicle / bicycle crash details are still hand written and drawn on the police crash report template, making crash analysis labor - intensive.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers are calling upon police in all states to improve their reporting of crashes involving vehicles and bicycles, according to a new study being published April 2, 2015.

An investigation in the July 1 crash of a Tesla Model X crossover has been launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine what, if any, role the vehicle's semi-autonomous features played in the crash, Automotive News reports.

News reports of the Florida crash come just as consulting firm AlixPartners released a study showing that nearly 75 percent of Americans want driverless vehicles, and as BMW, Intel, and Mobileye have announced they intend to bring «highly and fully automated driving into series production by 2021.»

Under the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation (TREAD) Act enacted in 2000, automakers must provide so - called Early Warning Reports (EWR) of any car crashes or injuries that could be due to a defect with the vehicle.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported to Congress that current financial responsibility minimums for the commercial motor vehicle industry are inadequate to meet the costs of some crashes.

The agency's report to Congress was required in the most recent transportation bill and includes findings from a recent study that weighed the benefits of increasing insurance minimums, including improved compensation for crash victims and reductions in commercial vehicle crashes, against costs imposed on commercial motor vehicle operators and the insurance industry.

Improving traffic safety relies on accurate and timely reporting of information on motor vehicle crashes.

• Reviewed driver and vehicle inspections • Verified compliance with the terms of the motor carrier's operating authority • Checked the status of drivers» licenses • Confirmed the status of the motor carrier's insurance policies • Examined crash reports

While the NHTSA has received 44 reports of fatal fire - related crashes among older Jeep Grand Cherokees since 1992, Chrysler's analysis showed the number of incidents allegedly affected vehicles suffered was «less than one time for every million years of vehicle operation,» says Automotive News.

The odds of a vehicle being in a backover crash reported to police were 41 percent lower than the odds for vehicles that didn't have these technologies standard.

HLDI studies of insurance losses have shown that rearview cameras and rear parking sensors reduce claim rates for damage to other vehicles (see «Rearview cameras reduce police - reported backing crashes,» Nov. 17, 2016).

An Australian study compared counts of police - reported crashes for vehicles equipped with a rearview camera, rear - parking sensor system, both technologies, or neither technology as standard equipment.

Consumer Reports compiled a list of new and used vehicles that provide balanced performance in CR tests, have had average or better reliability, come with standard ESC, and did well in independent crash tests.

Finally, some good news, bad news: Cars are now so safe, already, that for the past decade deaths from motor vehicle crashes per year have dipped below the number of suicides: 32,675 based on the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), versus an estimated 41,000 suicides last year.

This is a dramatic result, given that only about 7 percent of police - reported crashes occur between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. and involve more than one vehicle.

Google is expected to release a more detailed report about the crash towards the end of the month, but the incident also highlights one of the significant challenges attributed to the development of autonomous driving vehicles.

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Lane departure warning has not brought down insurance claim rates, but has reduced rates of single - vehicle, sideswipe, and head - on crashes reported to the police.

An Institute analysis compared crash rates for Google's prototype vehicles with high levels of driving automation with police - reported crash rates in the same geographic location, specifically Mountain View, California, before 2016.

The Institute's research on the effects of front crash prevention on police - reported crashes found that vehicles with forward collision warning and automatic braking had a 20 percent higher rate of being rear - ended than vehicles without the systems.

To estimate side airbag effectiveness in on - the - road crashes, Institute researchers used data from the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System to compute the relative risk of dying for drivers of 1997 - 2002 car models with and without side airbags when their vehicles were struck on the left (driver) side.

Hot on the heels of the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid «s Malaysian launch, Euro NCAP has released its full report plus footages of the Ioniq's crash test, in which the hybrid vehicle scored the full five stars.

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.

Four of 20 automakers report that automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard on more than half of their 2017 model year vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced in the first update of manufacturer progress toward equipping every new vehicle with the crash avoidance technology.

- Consumer Reports didn't recommend any vehicles from these 11 brands, either because of low road test scores, poor crash test performance or questionable reliability: Fiat, Jeep, Land Rover, Alfa Romeo, Mitsubishi, Jaguar, GMC, Dodge, Mini, Cadillac and Volvo.

And on the few vehicles studied that don't bundle the feature, no benefits for lane departure warning have been found (see «Drivers of all ages benefit from Honda crash avoidance features,» Jan. 28, 2016, and Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

A limitation of the new study is that many minor backing crashes aren't reported to police because they involve only a single vehicle and often occur in driveways or parking lots.

The 199 most popular cars sold in the United States from 1987 to 1989 vary widely in the likelihood of insurance claims for injuries and vehicle crash damage, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute's Injury and Collision Loss Experience report.

Washington, DC — Four of 20 automakers report that automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard on more than half of their 2017 model year vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced in the first update of manufacturer progress toward equipping every new vehicle with the crash avoidance technology.

Using NHTSA's Fatal Accident Reporting System data, the insurance institute evaluated the crash experiences of two sets of vehicles to gauge the performance of cars with ABS.

Vehicles equipped with front crash prevention are much less likely to rear - end other vehicles, IIHS has found in the first study of the feature's effectiveness using U.S. police - reported crash data.

The authors used a nationally representative sample of police - reported crashes in the United States to show that, after accounting for crash severity, front - seat occupants in vehicles with airbags had higher fatality rates than those in vehicles without airbags.

Chuck Kahane, a former NHTSA researcher, examined 1990 to 2014 crash data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for model year 1990 - 2015 vehicles to estimate the effectiveness of safety belts and the relative risk of various seating positions.

Nissan Motor Co is recalling 188,000 sport utility vehicles globally, mostly in the United States, to fix faulty brake control software that may increase the risk of a crash, the Detroit News reported.