Sentences with phrase «third of all vehicle crashes»

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration although traffic fatalities have been declining, more than one third of all vehicle crashes are still caused by nothing more complicated than speeding.

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Injury death — including those due to intentional injury, with suicide most common, as well as unintentional injury, with motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) causing a majority — is the third leading cause of death in the United States.

One question asked respondents to rate the morality of an autonomous vehicle programmed to crash and kill its own passenger to save 10 pedestrians; the rating dropped by a third when respondents considered the possibility of riding in such a car.

Approximately one third of motor vehicle fatalities are alcohol - involved, and crashes involving alcohol are associated with more serious injuries and more fatalities than those that don't involve drinking.

Earlier research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated that if every vehicle on the road were equipped with four types of crash avoidance features — forward collision warning, lane departure warning, blind spot detection and adaptive headlights — nearly a third of all crashes could potentially be prevented or mitigated (see «New estimates of benefits of crash avoidance features on passenger vehicles,» May 20, 2010).

Vehicles roll in just 2 percent of crashes, but these crashes account for more than a third of passenger vehicle occupant deaths.

Three tests of the vehicle were conducted, two of 2008 EX models by the Institute and the third representing a 2014 QX50 model by Nissan as part of side crash test verification.

Drivers of late - model vehicles are a third less likely to die in crashes than they were a few years ago, but the gap between the best and worst vehicles remains wide.

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

The control scheme consists of holding R2 to accelerate; pressing L2 to brake or reverse; pressing X to engage the boost; pressing L3 to switch between boost types, hover or beep a horn on applicable vehicles; pressing square to apply the e-brake; pressing triangle to change camera angles; pressing L1 to look behind your vehicle; pressing L1 and R1 simultaneously to enter crash mode; pressing R1 to select the next song on the soundtrack; pressing right on the d - pad to open and navigate through the easy drive online multiplayer menu; moving the direction of the left analogue stick to the left or right to steer your vehicle accordingly; moving the direction of the right analogue stick forwards, backwards, left or right to appropriately manoeuvre the third - person camera angle to look in that direction; pressing the share button takes you to the share feature menu; and pressing the options button to display the pause menu.

Unintentional blunt trauma and motor vehicle crashes are the second and third leading causes of trauma, respectively.

Among all age groups, motor vehicle crashes were the third overall leading cause of TBI (14 %).

It protects you in circumstances where you are injured in a motor vehicle crash and the at - fault driver does not have enough third party insurance coverage to pay the full amount of your damages.

In fact, over two - thirds of crashes are caused by larger vehicles violating the right - of - way of motorcyclists, often because they did not see the bike.

A High court Judge has backed the calls of a car crash victims» charity for compulsory third - party insurance to be extended to vehicles on private land.

If you are carrying passengers for hire, and do not have this endorsement, your auto insurance policy will very likely be found completely void in the event of a crash, leaving you on the hook for not just the repairs to your vehicle, but also all damages and injury to third parties.

For example: Auto Insurance provides liability coverage to protect you against third party lives / health / property claims in the event of any vehicle accident or crashing.