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Transportation is fundamental to the vibrancy of the Nation and facilitates economic prosperity and quality of life. It enables people to engage in productive pursuits and experience the social interactions that take full advantage of geographic specialization and diffusion. An efficient and resilient transportation system and its seamless operation underpin the overall efficiency and resilience […]
The crash performance of roadside safety hardware, such as guardrails, is typically evaluated using full-scale crash tests with vehicles striking the device in representative worst-case impact scenarios. Each test is evaluated based on vehicle response, device response, and potential for injury to vehicle occupants. Read the full report here.
National Transportation Statistics is a tabular summary of trends in transportation, first published 50 years ago by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The publication has evolved from its first edition, a printed annual report with 19 displays, tables, and modal profiles, to an digital product with 230 tables and modal profiles, each updated as […]
Statement by GHSA Executive Director Jonathan Adkins WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that 36,120 people were killed on U.S. roadways in 2019, a 1.2% decrease from 2018 and the third straight year of modest declines. This is good news, but clearly much work remains. Tens of thousands of […]
Traffic Safety Community Urges Safer Driving During Coronavirus Pandemic WASHINGTON, D.C. – Emptier streets may be encouraging some drivers to flout traffic safety laws, including speed limits. Despite there being far fewer vehicles on the road due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, state highway safety officials across the country are seeing a severe spike in speeding. […]
A systematic and ongoing method of measuring vehicle speeds was introduced in South Australia in 2007 in order to assess the effects of speed reduction countermeasures and to monitor the speed behavior of South Australian motorists over time. More than 100 sites around South Australia have speed measurements taken for a one week period at […]
