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Older drivers represent the highest injury and fatality rate per 100 million miles driven. The disproportionate fatality risk is linked to several known factors, ranging from failure to yield to cognitive and visual limitations to seat-belt use abstention to fragility. Through a series of focus groups, usability tests, and a controlled field test, a universally […]
In its Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act, Congress directed NHTSA to establish a cooperative program — the National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP) — to conduct research and evaluations of State highway safety countermeasures. NCREP was continued in the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. This program is administered […]
Statement by Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) Executive Director Jonathan Adkins WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimated that 36,750 people were killed on U.S. roadways in 2018, a one percent decrease from 2017. While any drop in the overall numbers is encouraging, the ongoing daily carnage on our nation’s roads […]
The AAA LongROAD study is a multisite prospective cohort study of 2,990 drivers recruited from five study sites: Ann Arbor, Michigan; Baltimore, Maryland; Cooperstown, New York; Denver, Colorado; and San Diego, California. Inclusion in the study required participants to be between 65 and 79 years of age, hold a valid driver’s license and drive at […]
Alabama lawmakers have given final approval to a bill requiring back seat passengers in vehicles to wear seat belts. Alabama’s seat belt law currently applies only to front seat passengers. The House of Representatives this morning approved the bill by Sen. David Burkette, D-Montgomery, requiring all passengers to wear seat belts. The bill says failure […]
Better bike networks need safer intersections. Intersections are the place where the most vehicle-bike conflicts occur. In 2017, 43% of urban bicyclist fatalities occurred at intersections. On many streets, large turn radii and wide lanes encourage drivers to make sweeping, fast turns. These design decisions increase exposure and risk for people walking and biking, reduce […]
New public health fellow joins the Office of EMS team, bringing data expertise as well as social work and public health experience For as long as she could recall, Leslie Carson’s path was close to crystal clear. A medical career awaited her, with a specialization in pediatric neurology. But after graduating with a degree in […]
The 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice Model, developed to identify the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve competence for the four levels of EMS clinicians, is now available on EMS.gov. The result of an expert-led, consensus-driven process managed by the National Association of State EMS Officials and supported by NHTSA’s Office of EMS and the […]
It took two years and contributions from hundreds of EMS professionals and members of the public to craft the bold plan for EMS laid out in EMS Agenda 2050. But the hard work starts now as the EMS community shifts from describing the EMS system of the future to creating it. Officially entitled “EMS Agenda 2050: […]
Most 911 systems across the United States were originally built using analog technologies that have become outdated, unreliable and impractical. That’s why the National 911 Program, housed in NHTSA’s Office of EMS, is supporting efforts to upgrade public safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the country to a digital or Internet Protocol (IP)-based 911 system – […]
