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Mental Health Crisis, Police Cuts Linked to Rise in Impaired-Driving Deaths During Pandemic

July 1, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

A mental health crisis and reduced police staffing contributed to increased impaired-driving fatalities during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The percentage of passenger-vehicle drivers killed in crashes with blood alcohol concentrations of 0.08% or higher rose from 28% in 2019 to 30% in 2020 and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, Impaired Driving, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

New IIHS Study Shows Vehicle Blind Zones Expanded Dramatically Over 25 Years

June 30, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor Leave a Comment

Study finds forward visibility declined as much as 58% over multiple vehicle redesign cycles. Forward blind zones in six top-selling passenger vehicles grew substantially from 1997 to 2023 as pedestrian and bicyclist deaths soared, according to a study using a new measurement technique developed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The study, led by […]

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

IIHS Expert Says Reducing Traffic Fatalities by 2030 Requires Speed Cameras, Better Road Design and Stronger Laws

March 20, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Beyond vehicle safety testing, IIHS’s “30×30” plan targets immediate solutions through infrastructure changes and combating risky driving behaviors In a recent article, Jessica Cicchino, Senior Vice President of Behavior and Infrastructure Research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), outlines a comprehensive strategy to reduce traffic fatalities by 30% by 2030. While IIHS is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Traffic Fatalities, traffic safety

IIHS Unveils 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK Award Winners

March 13, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fewer vehicles receive awards as stronger protection for back seat passengers is required this year. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is requiring better protection for second-row occupants for the 2025 TOP SAFETY PICK and TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards, encouraging automakers to make advanced seat belt technology and other safety innovations the norm in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, Crash Testing, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Top Safety Pick

Allstate’s Ginger Purgatorio Elected Chair of IIHS Board of Directors

March 5, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Ginger Purgatorio, executive vice president and general manager at Allstate, has been elected chair of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Board of Directors for 2025. Purgatorio takes over from Bill Westrate, chair and chief executive officer of American Family Insurance. “I’m honored to chair the IIHS Board and collaborate on the industry’s shared mission […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allstate, Board of Directors, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, People

IIHS Reports Vehicle Manufacturers Make Big Strides in Front Crash Prevention

February 12, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) vehicle manufacturers are delivering major improvements in their automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems following the introduction of a tougher front crash prevention evaluation by IIHS last year. “The rapid progress manufacturers have made to improve these vital crash avoidance systems is impressive,” IIHS President David Harkey […]

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

IIHS Reports Fewer Drivers Disabling Lane Departure Prevention Systems

October 1, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Almost 9 out of 10 drivers of vehicles equipped with lane departure warning and prevention systems now keep them switched on, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Seven out of 10 drivers of vehicles that give visual alerts when they exceed the speed limit also keep that feature running. “These […]

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

Researchers Collaborate on Best Practices for Automated Vehicle Evaluation

August 22, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have joined colleagues from academia and the automated vehicle and insurance industries in issuing a set of best practices for future evaluations of highly automated vehicles. The recommendations, known as the Retrospective Automated Vehicle Evaluation (RAVE) checklist, emerged from a two-day working group meeting in January […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, traffic safety

IIHS-HLDI Research Sees Little Benefit from Partial Automation in Preventing Crashes Beyond Crash Avoidance Systems Like AEB

July 11, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Compares partial automation features like lane keeping assist to convenience features like power windows and heated seats. Crash records and insurance data offer little evidence that partial automation systems are preventing collisions, research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute shows. “Everything we’re seeing tells us that partial automation […]

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

IIHS Survey Says Most Drivers OK with Next-Generation Anti-Speeding Tech in Vehicles

June 13, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

More than 60% of drivers would find it acceptable if their vehicle provided an audible and visual warning when they exceeded the posted speed limit, a new survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Perhaps more surprisingly, about half of drivers say they wouldn’t mind vehicle technology that makes the accelerator pedal harder […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Traffic Fatalities

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