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NHTSA Estimates for 2022 Roadway Fatalities Flat After Two Years of Dramatic Increases

April 20, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

There were more miles driven and lower fatality rates compared to 2021. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released its latest projections for traffic fatalities in 2022, estimating that 42,795 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes. This represents a small decrease of about 0.3% as compared to 42,939 fatalities reported for 2021. […]

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NHTSA Launches Annual Distracted Driving Campaign in Wake of Increased Fatalities

April 4, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Distraction-related fatalities increased 12% from 3,154 in 2020 to 3,522 in 2021. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is kicking off its annual U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign, raising awareness of the dangers of driving while distracted. Together with Captain Ron Mead of the Washington State Patrol, Steve Kiefer of the Kiefer Foundation, […]

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NHTSA Reports Traffic Crashes Cost America $340 Billion in 2019

January 12, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Agency releases new study examining the cost of motor vehicle crashes, injuries and fatalities. Motor vehicle crashes cost American society $340 billion in 2019, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Tuesday. The agency’s new report, The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019, examines the costs of one year of crashes that […]

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IIHS Reports Three More Vehicle Manufacturers Fulfill Pledge to Make Autobrake Systems Nearly Universal

December 13, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

A 2016 voluntary agreement between IIHS, NHTSA and 20 manufacturers targeted current model year to equip 95% of their vehicles with AEB systems. Three more automakers have fulfilled a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB), according to the Insurance Institute for […]

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NHTSA Issues Consumer Alert on 2018 Hyundai Sante Fe Fire Risk

November 2, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Affected vehicles should be parked outside until they are repaired. Hyundai Motor America has issued a new recall for certain Model Year 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles due to a risk of fire and strongly urges these vehicles be parked outside and away from homes and other structures until the vehicles have been repaired. The […]

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NHTSA Early Estimates Show Overall Increase in Roadway Deaths in First Half of 2022

September 23, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Second quarter projected to have first decline since 2020. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimates of traffic fatalities for the first half of 2022. An estimated 20,175 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, an increase of about 0.5% as compared to 20,070 fatalities NHTSA projected for the first half of […]

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NHTSA Launches Anti-Speeding Campaign

July 20, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Addressing risky driver behavior such as speeding is one of five pillars in the National Roadway Safety Strategy. As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s comprehensive safety strategy to prevent traffic deaths, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced it is launching a public education campaign across the country to address one of America’s […]

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Texas Attorney General Files Petition to Block NHTSA Auto Fuel Efficiency and EV Requirements

July 5, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a petition for review challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE) for certain cars and light trucks. The regulation seeks to increase the number of electric vehicles on roads nationwide. Ten other states have joined the petition.  This challenge opposes the Biden […]

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NTSB Says Automobile Safety Rating System Is Failing Consumers

June 8, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Safety board says 5-Star program should include collision avoidance technology ratings. The 5-Star Safety Rating Program that Americans use when shopping for new passenger vehicles “fails consumers” by not including collision-avoidance and other technology in the ratings and is approaching “near irrelevance,” said National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy in a comment letter […]

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Traffic Fatalities Estimated to Reach 16-Year High in 2021

May 18, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020. The projection is the highest number of fatalities since 2005 and the largest annual percentage increase […]

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