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In 2017, there were 6,784 people age 65 and older killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes. Older people made up 18 percent of all traffic fatalities during the year. Compared to 2016, there was a 1-percent decrease in the number of fatalities in the older age group. In 2017, some 50.9 million people—over 16 percent […]
One of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s primary goals is to reduce the passenger vehicle occupant fatality rate. NHTSA has routinely published passenger vehicle occupant fatality rates for four passenger vehicle types—passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, and vans (NHTSA, 2017). These categories of vehicles are broad and may mask differences in rates that might […]
The National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions (NTC) at the University of Maryland has developed a smartphone app that can be personalized for individual users to provide real-time multimodal traveler information. The “incenTrip” technology has now been deployed in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore region. incenTrip leverages the latest big data, machine […]
A new analysis shows Georgia’s distracted driving law has changed the way some drivers use their phones behind the wheel. TrueMotion, a firm that collects and analyzes phone data for insurance companies, found Georgia drivers spent less time texting and using apps behind the wheel after the law took effect last July. The new law prohibits […]
According to the Foundation For Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, there were 268 alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2017. More than 10,000 in the country that same year. 27 people under the age of 21 died in the same year on Alabama roads, slightly more than 1,000 in the U.S. And the number of teenagers arrested for driving […]
During Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in May – and during the rest of the year – drivers of all other motor vehicles are reminded to safely Share the Road with motorcyclists, and to be extra alert to help keep motorcyclists safe. Additionally, to help reduce motorcycle collisions and injuries and to help save lives, NHTSA has launched […]
The latest edition of GHSA’s “Directions in Highway Safety” Newsletter offers a glimpse at our work thus far in 2019, including an overview of our recent reports on speeding and pedestrian safety. Additional articles discuss GHSA and AAA’s recent forum on drug-impaired driving, gearing up for re-authorization, new safety research and campaigns, bolstering relationships with […]
Heatstroke is the leading cause of vehicular non-crash-related deaths for children under 14. In fact, each year, an average of 38 children have died from heatstroke since 1998. Sadly, these are the current statistics: – Child vehicular heatstroke fatalities in 2018 = 51 – Child vehicular heatstroke fatalities in 2017 = 43 Yet, this tragedy […]
A bill making its way through the Alabama legislature would make it illegal to drive in the left lane longer than 1.5 miles without completely passing another vehicle. The bill’s sponsor also hopes it will cut down on road rage, even dubbing it “The Anti Road Rage Act.” In Alabama, it’s already illegal to stay […]
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is dedicated to saving lives through research into the causes of traffic crashes and educating the public about ways to prevent crashes and reduce injuries based on research. One of the fundamental elements of any traffic safety research is quantifying traffic risks, which requires two types of data: 1) […]
