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In recent years, Alabama Trucking Association leaders have called upon Alabama officials to help find solutions and have worked with private and public entities to promote safer parking options for professional truck drivers. According to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (USDOT), nearly 98% of truck drivers regularly struggle to find secure parking, with truck drivers consistently ranking […]
The goal of this research is to provide general guidance and relevant information to improve safety for micromobility riders, particularly on e-bikes, and e-scooters. The objectives include: identifying regulatory and data gaps, quantifying injury patterns, mapping policies across states and gathering stakeholder priorities. This work emphasizes the need for regulation alignment among federal, state and […]
The national estimate of seat belt use by adult front-seat passengers of passenger vehicles in 2025 was 91.3 percent, not statistically different (at the .05 level) from 91.2 percent observed in 2024. This estimate represents the percentage of occupants who are belted during an average daylight moment. Seat Belt Use in 2025
In the wake of changes to the way many police departments enforce traffic laws, there are concerns about potential impacts to road safety. The primary objective of this study was to examine measurable effects of reduced police–motorist interactions on key traffic safety outcomes. Jurisdictions have increasingly adopted policies that limit traffic stop interactions between law […]
Adverse weather conditions such as rain, snow, fog, and high winds pose significant challenges to roadway safety and mobility. These conditions not only increase the risk of crashes but also contribute to travel delays, congestion, and unpredictable driving behavior. To mitigate these risks, transportation agencies are increasingly deploying variable speed limit (VSL) and real-time warning […]
GHSA’s analysis of preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) found there were 505 fewer pedestrian deaths in 2025 compared to the year before. The pedestrian fatality rate, measured as deaths per 100,000 population, fell below 2.0 for the first time since before the pandemic. Despite this progress, 6,732 people walking or using […]
he Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA; P.L. 117-58) established two federal programs to support the expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program and the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. The IIJA centralized and expanded federal efforts to build EV charging infrastructure by allocating $7.5 billion in […]
Although motor vehicle crash fatalities in the United States show a declining trend, road deaths remain high. Understanding the cultural context of driving, along with the personal factors that influence driving behavior, is essential for explaining why risky behaviors continue to contribute to tens of thousands of traffic fatalities each year. The 2025 Traffic Safety […]
For more than one-third of Americans, one simple number is leading them to research electric vehicles: the final tally at a recent gas station fill-up. This, according to new research from Hyundai Motor America, isn’t a hypothetical situation. In fact, 23% of respondents reported it’s happened to them more than once. For nearly half of […]
Waymo’s driverless cars are involved in fewer crashes than human drivers, but the federal system for monitoring automated vehicles needs improvement, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows. Per vehicle mile traveled (VMT), Waymo’s driverless vehicles deployed in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin were involved in 68% fewer crashes than human […]