Sentences with phrase «vehicle crashes reported»
During 2009, New Jersey had 257,801 motor vehicle crashes reported that included 64,348 injuries, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
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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.
Since then, more crashes involving Tesla Motors vehicles while Autopilot mode was activated have been reported.
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.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports 4,735 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2013.
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.
At least two more crashes involving Tesla vehicles with engaged Autopilot have been reported since the NHTSA made the announcement that the investigation is ongoing.
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.
The Guardian reported the striker was travelling back from a concert in Holland after City's Champions League tie with Feyenoord when the vehicle he was travelling into crashed into a lamppost at 11 pm local time and just 48 hours before the club's 1 - 0 win away at Chelsea.
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.
Broome County 911 dispatchers say the crash involved two vehicles and that some injuries were reported.
Details of the road crash are unclear, however, reports suggest his mashed vehicle run into a truck loaded with lumber Friday evening.
In our exclusive reporting on Latimer's July car crash in which Latimer appears to have run a red light leading to a collision that injured two people, we asked two signifcant questions that Latimer refused to answer: why was he driving Westbound along Wilmot Road in New Rochelle in such a rush on a late Friday afternoon and why he was driving a Jeep owned by his Community Outreach Director rather than his own vehicle.
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.
The findings, reported online this month in Accident Analysis & Prevention, provide one plausible explanation for why injuries and fatalities from motor vehicle crashes have decreased to historic lows even as cellular technology use has increased dramatically.
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.
After the crash, the automaker received an alert saying that the vehicle's airbags had deployed, but the report didn't indicate whether the Autopilot features were engaged at the time.
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.
This seems like an oversight or a cop - out in today's rapidly evolving vehicle - safety industry, where 10 airbags are often standard (see the report) and third - row occupants are equally considered when it comes to crash protection.
Besides the standard telematic features like emergency crash notification, hands - free calling, and roadside assistance made popular by services like GM's OnStar and Ford's SYNC, the Hughes technology equipped on the Jeep show car at the Consumer Electronics Show included recall notification, red light camera alerts, remote emissions reporting, vehicle tracking, and real - time traffic.
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.
INFINITI Connection ™ services include 24 - hour automatic crash notification, emergency call, enhanced roadside assistance, stolen vehicle reporting, remote door lock / unlock, alarm notification, maintenance alert and scheduled maintenance notification.
• 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.
Parking assist systems are spreading faster in the fleet than front crash prevention and other crash avoidance features, indicates a new report from HLDI examining how many vehicles are equipped with various driver assistance technologies.
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.
Front crash prevention systems with autonomous braking that can stop drivers from rear - ending another vehicle or slow them down enough to lessen the impact are making a measurable difference in insurance claims (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).
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 the most common injury reported in motor vehicle crashes.»
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.
The latest reports from HLDI on front crash prevention also document reductions in damage to equipped vehicles and injuries to their occupants.
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.
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).
For 2018, Lexus makes the core Enform Safety Connect and Service Connect features free for 10 years, not one year: automatic crash notification, SOS calling, roadside assistance, stolen vehicle locater, vehicle health reports, and service information sent automatically to your dealer (but not to third - party repair shops, even if that's your preference).
I looked at several different criteria: crash test data and safety ratings, consumer reports, owner feedback, plus I went back to my own experience with these vehicles.