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IIHS Announces State Farm’s Angela Sparks to Chair 2019 Board of Directors

February 11, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the election of Angela Sparks as the 2019 chair of its Board of Directors. She is the third woman to head the IIHS Board since the Institute’s 1959 founding. Sparks is vice president and actuary, State Farm Insurance Companies. She succeeds William L. Windsor Jr., who served as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, People, State Farm

IIHS Report Raises Concern on Headlight Replacement Costs

November 29, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

IIHS Status Report

Latest edition of Insurance Industry for Highway Safety’s Status Report examines headlight performance and collision repair cost. Minor crashes can result in big headlight collision repair bills. The cover story in the latest edition of the Insurance Industry for Highway Safety (IIHS) Status Report examines improvements in headlight performance that, while benefiting safety, are often […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Claim Severity, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, OEM Parts

IIHS Finds GM Front Crash Prevention with Autobrake Cuts Collisions Over 40%

November 15, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

IIHS GM Auto Brake Research

An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study of General Motors vehicles with optional front crash prevention systems adds to the evidence that forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking prevent crashes. GM vehicles with autobrake and forward collision warning had 43 percent fewer police-reported front-to-rear crashes of all severities and 64 percent fewer front-to-rear […]

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

Collision Claims Up 6% in First States that Legalized Recreational Marijuana

October 19, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Marijuana Laws

Crashes are up by as much as 6 percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that haven’t legalized marijuana for recreational use, new research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) shows. The findings come as campaigns to decriminalize marijuana gain traction with voters […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Claim Frequency, Highway Loss Data Institute, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Marijuana Legalization

IIHS-HLDI Launch Educational Website for Science Teachers, Students

June 5, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

A new educational website from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety applies physics and biology concepts to the real world of cars and car crashes. IIHS-HLDI in the Classroom is a free, online resource featuring hands-on science activities designed by science educator Griff Jones, Ph.D., a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science […]

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

IIHS Questions Conclusions from Tracy Crash Test Data on Safety of Non-OEM Parts

February 20, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Following examination of publicly-available results, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety stands by its previous statements that cosmetic parts are irrelevant to crashworthiness and that non-OEM structural parts can meet OEM performance. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) issued an advisory last week examining the publicly-available results from crash tests conducted by the Tracy […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Crash Testing, injur, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Non-OEM Parts

IIHS and HLDI Announce Board Election Results

January 31, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

HLDI logo

Nationwide’s Windsor elected IIHS chairman, Amica’s Petrarca elected HLDI chairman The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced the election of William L. Windsor Jr. as chairman of its Board of Directors. Windsor is associate vice president, Office of Consumer Safety, Nationwide Insurance. He succeeds Floyd M. Yager, senior vice president and chief data officer, Allstate […]

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

Vehicle Manufacturers Report Progress on Autonomous Emergency Braking Commitment

January 2, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Toyota leads major vehicle manufacturers on number of vehicles with over 56 percent of its 2017 fleet, 1.4 of 2.5 million vehicles, with accident avoidance feature. Four of 20 automakers report that automatic emergency braking (AEB) is standard on more than half of their 2017 model year vehicles, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) […]

Filed Under: Research Tagged With: Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Center for Auto Safety, Consumers Union, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

IIHS and HLDI Announce New President

September 19, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the Highway Loss Data Institute announced that Dr. David L. Harkey will become the next president of the two traffic safety research organizations in January 2018. Harkey will succeed Dr. Adrian K. Lund, who is retiring after serving as IIHS-HLDI president since 2006. Harkey, 54, has directed the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Highway Loss Data Institute, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, People

IIHS Research: Lane Departure Warning, Blind Spot Detection Reduce Collisions

August 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

IIHS Lane Departure Warning Crash Reduction Chart

Two studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety detail the impact collision avoidance technologies are having on accident rates. New research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) on lane departure warning system shows the technology is preventing crashes in the U.S. A separate study shows that blind spot detection also is yielding […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Accident Frequency, Collision Avoidance, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

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