Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety urges other states and Congress to follow Utah’s lead. Utah’s move to lower the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for drivers to 0.05% from 0.08% was associated with a nearly 9% reduction in alcohol-related crashes over the following four years, according to a study released Oct. 27 by the […]
Cargo Vans and Work Pickups Lag in First IIHS Commercial Vehicle Crash Avoidance Ratings
Only one of 11 models earns a good rating in the vehicle-to-vehicle test. Cargo vans and heavy-duty pickups trail passenger vehicles in front crash prevention, according to ratings released Oct. 8 by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the first round of its vehicle-to-vehicle and pedestrian crash avoidance tests for commercial vehicles. […]
NABC and IIHS Train Nearly 140 First Responders on Late-Model Vehicle Extrication
Nearly 140 first responders from 30 rescue units across the Southeast trained Sept. 17 at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) facility in Ruckersville, Va., learning to free crash victims from late-model vehicles through the National Auto Body Council (NABC) First Responder Emergency Extrication (F.R.E.E.) program. Allstate, Farmers, GEICO and Liberty Mutual donated the […]
RCAR Newsletter Details EV Battery Repair Costs, Labor Time Methods and ADAS Claim Trends
Research Council for Automobile Repairs reports on insurance industry research on collision repair issues from across the globe. The June 2026 newsletter from RCAR, the international Research Council for Automobile Repairs, compiles research from more than 20 insurer-backed centers on five continents, with electric vehicle battery repairability, repair labor time methodology and the claims impact […]
IIHS Reports Police Undercount Driver Cellphone Use Before Crashes
Drivers are using cellphones in the moments before crashes at least seven times as often as police reports indicate, according to a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study that linked telematics records from safe-driving apps to police-reported crashes. The findings mean distracted driving’s contribution to crash frequency — and to the collision claims […]
IIHS-HLDI’s Moore Says Crash Avoidance Systems Lower Overall Losses Even as Repair Costs Climb
HLDI data shows sensor-equipped vehicles carry higher claim severity but sharply lower claim frequency, producing lower overall losses. Crash avoidance systems raise the cost of the repairs they fail to prevent while reducing what insurers pay out overall, according to a commentary published Aug. 11 by Matt Moore, chief insurance operations officer at the Insurance […]
IIHS Finds Waymo Driverless Vehicles Crash 68% Less Often Than Human Drivers
Waymo’s driverless vehicles were involved in 68% fewer police-reportable crashes per vehicle mile traveled than human drivers in the same cities, according to a study released July 23 by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which also concluded that the federal system for monitoring automated vehicles is inadequate to track a large-scale expansion of the […]
IIHS Says 30 Years of Crash Testing Have Saved Nearly 50,000 Lives
A new study credits the insurer-funded institute’s crashworthiness ratings with 48,352 fewer traffic deaths from 1999 to 2024 and an estimated $538 billion in societal savings. Vehicle improvements driven by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s crashworthiness testing program have saved an estimated 48,352 lives, according to a new study the institute released to mark […]
IIHS Launches First Commercial Vehicle Safety Evaluations
Four of nine models meet driver protection criteria. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released the results of its first evaluations of commercial vehicles June 9, finding that four of the first nine heavy-duty pickups and cargo vans assessed come with all the features the institute considers essential for driver protection, including standard front […]
NABC and IIHS Train More Than 75 First Responders on Modern Vehicle Extrication
More than 75 first responders from more than a dozen rescue units across five states gathered at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) facility in Ruckersville, Va., on Wednesday for a hands-on course in cutting victims out of late-model vehicles, part of the National Auto Body Council First Responder Emergency Extrication (F.R.E.E.) program. The […]
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