CollisionWeek

Your source for the latest collision repair industry news, statistics and trend analysis.

  • News
  • Research
  • Feature
  • Subscribe
You are here: Home / Archives for Crash Avoidance

UN Calls for Active Safety Systems to Be Standard Equipment in Automobiles

April 18, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

United Nations

Measure promotes the adoption of active safety systems such as electronic stability control and autonomous emergency braking. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution which represents the strongest ever commitment on road safety made by UN Member States. The resolution supports the ambitious road safety targets now included in the Global Goals for Sustainable […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Crash Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Moody’s Sees Short Term Gain, Long Term Challenge for Auto Insurers from Self-Driving Cars

March 30, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

A new report from Moody’s Investors Service says that accident avoidance features in vehicles, such as automatic braking, adaptive cruise control, and lane departure prevention will lead to lower accident frequency in the next five-to-ten years, a benefit for auto insurers. Longer term, however, self-driving cars could translate into significantly lower premiums and profits for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Auto Insurance, Autonomous Vehicles, Crash Avoidance

Lexus and Toyota Will Have Automated Braking on Nearly Every Model by End of 2017

March 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota announced that automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology will be available as standard equipment across almost every Toyota and Lexus model in the U.S. by the end of 2017. Doing so will beat, by four years, the 2022 target announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AEB, Crash Avoidance

IIHS Reports Automatic Braking Reduces Rear-End Crashes 40%

January 29, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

IIHS Percent difference in police-reported crash rates

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 […]

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

IIHS Awards 48 Vehicles with Crash Prevention Systems as Top Safety Pick+

December 10, 2015 By CollisionWeek Editor

Scion iA Small Overlap Crash Test IIHS

The 48 winners of the “plus” award have a superior- or advanced-rated front crash prevention system with automatic braking capabilities. One vehicle has a base price of just $16,000. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that nearly 50 vehicles meet the tougher criteria for 2016 to take home the IIHS’ TOP SAFETY PICK+ […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Crash Avoidance, IIHS, Top Safety Pick

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Interview Sponsors

IBIS Publisher Partner

Login

Remember Me
Subscribe | Lost your Password?

Tags

AAA AASP/NJ Acquisitions Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Agreements Signed Annual Conference Auto Care Association Automotive Service Association Autonomous Vehicles Awards Axalta Coating Systems Board of Directors Boyd Group California Canada Career and Technical Education CARSTAR CCC Classic Collision Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association Collision Repair Education Foundation Coronavirus Crash Champions Diagnostics Earnings Electric Vehicles Florida I-CAR Lawsuits legislation LKQ Corporation National Auto Body Council Network Affiliations New Jersey New Vehicle Sales Non-OEM Parts Openings People PPG Industries Regulations Right to Repair Scholarships Texas United Kingdom Workforce Development

Recent Articles

  • Wholesale Used-Vehicle Prices Up in April May 8, 2025
  • Axalta Coating Systems Increases Support of Penn College May 8, 2025
  • CCC Joins AI Governance Alliance to Advance Responsible AI Across the Property-Casualty Insurance Industry May 8, 2025
  • Refinish Distributors Alliance Holds Spring Impact Performance Conference in San Diego May 8, 2025
  • Collision Repair Industry Production Down in March Compared to Last Year May 7, 2025
  • Axalta Reports First Quarter Sales of $1.26 Billion May 7, 2025
  • Ford Raising Sticker Prices on Vehicles Produced in Mexico May 7, 2025

CollisionWeek Membership

  • Login
  • Lost Password
  • Membership Details
  • Register
  • Sponsors
  • Subscription Information
  • Terms of Use for CollisionWeek

More Information

About CollisionWeek
Contact Us
Privacy Policy
Event Calendar
Take the Collision Repair Business Conditions Survey

Copyright 1999-2025 - QuanDec Corporation - All Rights Reserved · Log in