Effort aims to reduce headlight glare and modernize vehicle lighting technology. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Oct. 6 that it will use negotiated rulemaking to update Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108, the federal standard governing headlamps and other vehicle lighting, with headlight glare, headlamp height and aim, test procedures […]
NHTSA Finalizes Fuel Economy Rollback, Ends Credit Trading and Reclassifies Crossovers
Agency says changes should reduce crashes and vehicle maintenance costs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Sept. 28 released its final rule resetting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for passenger cars and light trucks for model years 2022 through 2031, setting requirements the agency projects will reach a fleetwide average of roughly […]
Banned Chinese Air Bag Inflator Linked to 11th U.S. Death
First inflator found in a Chevrolet Equinox. A defective Chinese-made replacement air bag inflator ruptured in a 2018 Chevrolet Equinox during an Aug. 27 crash in Dallas, killing the driver and marking the 11th U.S. death tied to inflators carrying the DTN60DB identifier, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Sept. 3. The crash was […]
NHTSA Offers $20 Million in Grants for Traffic Safety Enforcement Projects
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is making $20 million available to fund enforcement programs targeting impaired driving, distracted driving, speeding, reckless driving and seat belt use, the agency announced Aug. 3. The Innovative Traffic Safety Enforcement grant program will fund projects that develop, test and validate enforcement methods that state and local agencies can […]
NHTSA Estimates 4.3% Drop in First-Quarter Traffic Deaths
Extends decline to 16 quarters even as traffic volume increases. An estimated 7,770 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the first quarter of 2026, a decline of about 4.3% from the 8,120 fatalities projected for the same period in 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statistical projection published in […]
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 […]
California Proposes Airbag Safety Rule
Bureau of Automotive Repair proposal would restrict parts sourcing and require return to OEM operating conditions. The California Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) has proposed expanding its airbag safety regulation to bar the state’s roughly 35,000 licensed automotive repair dealers from handling previously deployed, faulty or counterfeit airbags and to require that replacement airbag parts […]
Ford Issues Do-Not-Drive Advisory for 4,653 Bronco Sport and Maverick Vehicles Over Suspension Defect
Ford Motor Co. is urging owners of about 4,653 Bronco Sport and Maverick vehicles in the United States and federal territories to stop driving them immediately, citing a front-suspension defect that could cause a loss of steering control. The “do-not-drive” advisory stems from a recall covering 2021-2026 Bronco Sport and 2022-2026 Maverick vehicles, filed with […]
Tesla Model Y First to Pass NHTSA’s New ADAS Pass/Fail Tests
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that the 2026 Tesla Model Y “later release” build is the first vehicle to meet the agency’s new pass/fail benchmark for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) under the updated New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The four new ADAS tests — pedestrian automatic emergency […]
NHTSA Bans Chinese DTN Air Bag Inflators in First Vehicle Equipment Ban in Over Two Decades
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on April 29 finalized a ban on the sale and importation of frontal driver air bag inflators identified by the marking “DTN60DB” and tied to Jilin Province Detiannuo Safety Technology Co., Ltd. of China, the first vehicle equipment ban the agency has ordered in more than two decades. NHTSA […]
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