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 […]
IIHS Research Indicates Self-Driving Vehicles Could Struggle to Eliminate Most Crashes
Driver mistakes play a role in virtually all crashes. That’s why automation has been held up as a potential game changer for safety. But autonomous vehicles might prevent only around a third of all crashes if automated systems drive too much like people, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. […]
IIHS Issues Safety Recommendation for Vehicle Manufacturers to Keep Drivers with Automated Systems Focused on the Road
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has issued a set of research-based safety recommendations on the design of partially automated driving systems. The guidelines emphasize how to keep drivers focused on the road even as the vehicle does more of the work. According to IIHS, today’s partially automated systems still need the driver to be […]
State Farm’s Sparks and Shelter’s Clapp to Head IIHS Board of Directors
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced that Angela Sparks, who served as chair of its Board of Directors in 2019, will continue on in the position for the first six months of the year. Dan Clapp has been elected to take the helm in July for the remainder of 2020. Sparks is vice president […]