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CARFAX Reports on State Accident Trends

January 30, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

CARFAX reported on new data that provides insights into where accidents happen around the country, including the states with the most and the fewest accidents per 1,000 registered vehicles in each state. Georgia tops the list for the most, and several other southern states had high rates as well. The Top 10 states with the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Carfax

AAA Projects Thanksgiving Travel Up, Just Shy of Pre-Pandemic Levels

November 22, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

AAA expects over 48 million Americans will take a road trip during the long holiday weekend out of 55 million travelers overall. Crashes predicted to increase. AAA predicts 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving. That’s a 1.5% increase over 2021 and 98% of pre-pandemic volumes. This year is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Gas Prices, Holiday Travel

Study Shows Forward Collision Warning and Automatic Emergency Braking Reduce Front-to-Rear Crashes By 50%

November 15, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Largest study by government-vehicle manufacturer partnership details how combination of technologies lowers real-world crash rates. Partnership welcomes Ford. The Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety (PARTS) released results of the largest government-automaker study to date about the real-world effectiveness of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in passenger vehicles. The study shows that vehicles equipped […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety

IIHS Researchers Find Crash Rates Increased After Marijuana Legalization

July 20, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Accidents that caused injuries and fatalities were up overall, though results varied widely by state as some saw decreases. New research shows that crash rates in states that legalized marijuana increased following legalization. The research paper Changes in Traffic Crash Rates After Legalization of Marijuana: Results by Crash Severity by Charles M. Farmer , Ph.D., […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Marijuana Legalization, Traffic Fatalities

Allstate Says Collision Data Points to Increasingly Dangerous Roads this Summer

May 26, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Collision rates could be more than 7% higher in the summer post-pandemic. An analysis by Allstate of proprietary collision data for the five years between 2017 and 2021 reveals that the U.S. is likely to see riskier roadways this summer. Over the past two years, numerous roadway safety organizations, including the National Highway Traffic Safety […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Allstate

Report Shows Evidence of Rear Autobrake Effectiveness

January 7, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

HLDI Rear AEB Research

HLDI analysis shows 28% few liability claims and 10% fewer collision claims. According to an analysis by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), rear automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems are reducing crashes. Rear AEB was the standout feature in HLDI’s annual compilation of its research on the impact of crash avoidance technologies. The updated rear AEB […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, AEB, Crash Avoidance, Highway Loss Data Institute

IIHS Reports Crash Rates for Drivers in their 70s Drop Below Middle-Aged Drivers

October 2, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Licensed drivers over 70 and fatal crashes per 100,000 licensed drivers by age group, 1997-2018

Drivers in their 70s are now less likely to be involved in a fatal crash than those in their prime working years, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found. That’s a remarkable reversal for a generation of drivers once thought to be an outsize threat to themselves and others […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Consumer Groups Say Auto Insurers Reap Tens of Billions in COVID Windfall Profits

September 22, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

CFA Covid Claims in Texas and Massachusetts

Groups accuse State Insurance Commissioners of being asleep at the wheel as insurers profit from reduced driving. Demand ongoing premium rebates. The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the Center for Economic Justice (CEJ) took state Insurance Commissioners to task for failing to prevent what it calls “windfall auto insurer profits”as auto claims dropped when […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Center for Economic Justice, Consumer Federation of America, Coronavirus

USAA CEO Reports Slight Uptick in Accidents After Being Down 40-50%

May 4, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Insurer will return additional funds to policyholders as pandemic response continues to impact driving and accident frequency. Last week, USAA announced it would return an additional $280 million to its auto policyholders given continued declines in driving and accidents. In an interview on CNBC this morning, Wayne Peacock, USAA CEO explained that the normal data […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Coronavirus, USAA

California University Reports Over 50% Decline in Collisions Following Shelter-in-Place Order

April 20, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

California Accidents

Research details dramatic impact of government response to coronavirus on accidents. The University of California, Davis Road Ecology Center last week detailed observations of reported traffic incidents in its real-time California Highway Incident Processing System (CHIPS), that provide an indication of the dramatic decline in traffic incidents on state highways and rural roads that has […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Accident Frequency, California, Traffic Volume

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