Curves in the road are posing a challenge to advanced driver assistance features like adaptive cruise control (ACC) and more sophisticated partial automation systems, limiting their potential safety benefits, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found. ACC and more advanced partial automation that combines ACC with lane centering are often disabled […]
Crash Rates Up Following Marijuana Legalization
Studies by IIHS and HLDI show crash rates up in Western U.S. states that legalized recreational use and retail sales of marijuana. According to research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), and another by the affiliated Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), crash rates and collision claim frequencies spiked in most states following the […]
U.S. Department of Transportation Includes Automatic Emergency Braking Requirement in Spring Regulatory Agenda
Regulation would replace 2015 voluntary agreement. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on June 11 announced the Department’s portions of the Unified Agenda (also known as the Spring Regulatory Agenda) identifying the actions the Department plans to take over the next year and beyond. The portion of the regulatory agenda addressing roadway safety proposes to […]
Study Says Stopped-Vehicle Crashes Result in Hundreds of Fatalities Yearly
IIHS reports that hundreds of people are killed and thousands are injured each year in crashes involving stopped or disabled vehicles that may not have stood out enough to alert drivers to the danger they pose, according to a new study commissioned by a company that makes enhanced hazard lighting systems. Using federal crash statistics, […]
IIHS Announces 2021 Board
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that Dan Clapp, executive vice president of Shelter Insurance, will remain at the helm its Board of Directors for 2021 as planned. Clapp, executive vice president at Shelter, took over as chair in July, following six months as chair-elect. “Even as the world’s focus shifted to a […]
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Partners with Governor’s Highway Safety Association and National Road Safety Foundation to Pilots to Reduce Speeding
After rise in speeding during pandemic, groups launch initiatives to slow drivers down. Three national roadway safety organizations — the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and National Road Safety Foundation (NRSF) — are partnering to fund and evaluate pilot projects by two states to reduce speeding. Maryland and Virginia […]
10 Vehicle Manufacturers Reach Automatic Emergency Braking Commitment Ahead of Schedule
Ten automakers have fulfilled a voluntary commitment to equip nearly all the new light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB) — well ahead of the 2022-23 target. The 10 manufacturers put the technology on more than 95 percent of the vehicles they produced between Sept. 1, 2019, and Aug. […]
IIHS Reports Crash Rates for Drivers in their 70s Drop Below Middle-Aged Drivers
Drivers in their 70s are now less likely to be involved in a fatal crash than those in their prime working years, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has found. That’s a remarkable reversal for a generation of drivers once thought to be an outsize threat to themselves and others […]
IIHS Study Shows Automatic Emergency Braking Reduces Heavy Duty Truck Accidents
Equipping large trucks with forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems could eliminate more than 2 out of 5 crashes in which a large truck rear-ends another vehicle, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests. IIHS Director of Statistical Services Eric Teoh examined data on crashes per vehicle mile […]
Dan Clapp from Shelter Insurance Takes Over as Chair of IIHS Board
Dan Clapp, of Shelter Insurance Companies, has assumed leadership of the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) Board of Directors for the remainder of 2020 and all of 2021. Clapp, executive vice president at Shelter, took over as chair in July as planned, following six months as chair-elect. Angela Sparks, vice president and actuary at […]
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