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IIHS President Tells Federal Legislators Vehicle Technology is Not a Silver Bullet for Safety

March 9, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Many advanced technologies can reduce the number of lives lost on U.S. roads, but full or partial automation is not one of them, David Harkey, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing March 7. “We firmly believe in technology for vehicle safety and the potential it has […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

IIHS Research Says 7 of 10 Consumers Report Issues with Common Accident-Avoidance Features After Collision Repair

February 15, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Crash avoidance features have proven safety benefits, but majority of vehicle owners report problems with the technology following repairs. Consumers who had repairs performed at OEM dealers report fewer post-repair problems. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety surveyed owners of vehicles equipped with front crash prevention, blind spot detection or rearview or other visibility-enhancing cameras. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advance Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Recalibration

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

Automatic Emergency Braking Absent When You Need It Most

September 29, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Testing reveals AEB is better at spotting stationary vehicles, but speed poses challenges. AAA released the results of its testing of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems that are touted as lifesaving, crash-preventing tech, that is included as standard equipment in most new cars sold in the United States. Over the years, AEB has successfully stemmed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, AEB, Crash Avoidance

Subaru Sells 5 Millionth Vehicle with EyeSight Driver Assistance Technology

August 31, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

System that reduces rear-end crashes by 85% was first introduced in Japan in May 2008 and debuted in U.S. on 2013 model lines. Subaru of America, Inc. announced that the cumulative global sales of Subaru vehicles equipped with its award-winning EyeSight Driver Assist Technology surpassed five million vehicles in June this year. The milestone was […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Crash Avoidance, Subaru

IIHS Sees Benefit of Newer Intersection Assistance Technology to Reduce Crashes by Older Drivers

June 17, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

As the number of older drivers grows rapidly, safety group says advanced driver assistance technology can help reduce injuries and fatalities. Advanced technologies designed to help drivers navigate intersections could address a third of the crashes that cause older driver injuries and fatalities, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

AAA Reports Consumer Skepticism Toward Autonomous Driving Features Justified

May 13, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Research indicates driving assistance technology continues to underperform. In AAA’s latest survey of attitudes about automated vehicles, drivers overwhelmingly want automakers to improve the performance of existing driver support features rather than develop self-driving cars. And this desire is backed by another round of AAA testing that reveals inconsistent performance remains a problem with available […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, Pedestrian Safety

IIHS Evaluating Higher-Speed Test for Automatic Emergency Braking

May 9, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Will research system performance at 45 mph that would cover 43% of police-reported rear-end crashes. Now that nearly every new vehicle comes with automatic emergency braking (AEB), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is looking for ways to encourage even better systems that can prevent more severe front-to-rear crashes that occur at higher speeds. Through […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Crash Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

NHTSA Proposes Updates to Five-Star Safety Ratings Program

March 7, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed significant safety updates to its flagship 5-Star Safety Ratings program. These improvements are part of efforts to improve safety on our nation’s roads and will help fulfill requirements included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. NHTSA is proposing the following updates to its 5-Star […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Crash Avoidance, NHTSA, traffic safety

AAA Finds Automatic Emergency Braking and Lane Keeping Assistance Performance Impeded by Rain

October 15, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

New research from AAA finds that moderate to heavy rain affects a vehicle safety system’s ability to “see”, which may result in performance issues. During closed course testing, AAA simulated rainfall and found that test vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking traveling at 35 mph collided with a stopped vehicle one third (33%) of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AAA, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, AEB, Crash Avoidance

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