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2014 Crash Facts Book
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit.
Red-light camera fines are rolling in
Tuscaloosa New: Tuscaloosa City Hall has collected almost $32,805 in fines from motorists ticketed in the past three months for running a red light on 15th Street.
Fourth Pedestrian Killed by Train This Year
At about 10 p.m. Sunday, a woman was hit by a train while walking near the tracks under the Triana Boulevard overpass, near Holmes Avenue, police told AL.com news partner WHNT News 19.
2011 Traffic Safety Overview
DOT HS 811 753 Motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States, providing an unprecedented degree of mobility. Yet for all its advantages, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for age 4 and every age 11 through 27 (based on 2009 data). The mission of the National […]
A Cost Curve to Improve Road Safety
Giancarlo Ghislanzoni, Gilad Myerson, and Alessandro Faure Ragani By more fully evaluating available countermeasures, stakeholders can focus on the most effective ones. Each year, traffic crashes kill more than 1.2 million people around the world and injure up to 50 million.1 In fact, they are the leading cause of death among people 15 to 29 […]
Recent Deer Research Results UNC-HSRC
Motor vehicle crashes involving deer historically peak during the fall months in North Carolina, and the state’s most recent crash data shows no exception to that rule. In 2012, more than half of all deer-related crashes in North Carolina occurred in the months of October, November and December. “Deer on or near the roadways is […]
Smarter Traffic Signals Can Save Time and Money
Every year, the average American commuter spends a total of about one week of their life in traffic. Traffic congestion and the resulting delays costs major U.S. cities $121 billion in fuel costs and productivity loss annually, the equivalent of about $800 per commuter. Now, computer scientists in Pennsylvania have a new smart traffic signal […]
Young People Driving Less, Embrace Other Transportation
Two new studies find that young Americans are changing the nation’s transportation landscape. They drive less, want to stay connected as they travel, embrace car-sharing, bike-sharing, ride-sharing. Young Americans, whose embrace of new technologies and social networking tools enable them to adopt new ways of getting around, are beginning to change the nation’s transportation landscape.
The Best (and Worst) Crash Avoidance Technologies
A number of cars offer systems that can detect an impending collision and, in some cases, apply the brakes automatically. On Friday, a leading auto safety group issued its first ratings of the systems. “Front crash prevention systems can add a thousand dollars or more to the cost of a new car. Our new ratings […]