Vehicle manufacturers represent 99 percent of the U.S. automobile market. Research indicates effort could reduce police-reported crashes 13 percent overall. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced today a historic commitment by 20 automakers representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. […]
IIHS Reports Automatic Braking Reduces Rear-End Crashes 40%
According to the latest edition of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Status Report, if all vehicles had been equipped with autobrake, there would have been at least 700,000 fewer police-reported rear-end crashes in 2013. That number represents an overall reduction of 13 percent in police-reported crashes. IIHS conducted its first study of the feature’s […]