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After years of steady declines in teen driver deaths, the fatality numbers have started to increase again, according to a new nation-wide report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). The study, which counted up teen driver deaths in every state plus D.C. in the first six months of 2012, found that deaths of 16- and 17-year-old drivers increased from 202 to 240, a 19-percent jump from year-earlier figures.
Deaths of 16-year-old drivers rose most sharply, from 86 to 107, a 24-percent cha…
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Your odds of getting killed in a car crash just got higher, but only maybe and only by a little. It seems that economic recovery, hard partying, warm weather, and motorcycles may share the blame for the rising roadway risks.
In the first half of 2012, the United States saw a 9-percent increase in traffic fatalities compared with the first half of 2011, according to estimates released this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
That’s the worst percentage increase in decad…
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If every state strengthened all five areas of their graduated licensing laws, more than 500 teen lives could be saved and over 9,500 collisions prevented, according to a new analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
The five areas of graduated driver license (GDL) programs are permit age, practice driving hours, license age, night driving, and passenger restrictions. Some states excel in one or more areas, but no state has adopted all the best practices in each category. While IIHS…
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As Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month rolls toward Memorial Day weekend, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has released a sobering report that finds no progress was made in reducing motorcyclist deaths in 2011. Motorcycle deaths remained at about 4,500 last year, based on preliminary data from 50 states and the District of Columbia. There are numerous factors at play, but not all the news is bad.
The GHSA study found that when comparing data from the first nine months of 2010 to the same p…
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Our nation’s population and number of motor vehicles on the road continue to rise, but motor vehicle-related fatalities are down, according to the latest analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The institute reports that 32,885 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2010, making it the lowest number since 1949, when 30,246 [...]
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More teen drivers ages 16 and 17 were killed in the first half of 2011 than in the first half of 2010, according to preliminary data by the Governors Highway Safety Association. If that trend continues for the second half of 2011, then it would reverse 10 years of significant declines in teen driver deaths.
Data pulled from all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that deaths of 16-year-old drivers increased 16 percent from 80 to 93 deaths. Plus, the rates are up 7 percent from 110 to 118 death…
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More teen drivers ages 16 and 17 were killed in the first half of 2011 than in the first half of 2010, according to preliminary data by the Governors Highway Safety Association. If that trend continues for the second half of 2011, then it would reverse 10 years of significant declines in teen driver deaths.
Data pulled from all 50 states and the District of Columbia found that deaths of 16-year-old drivers increased 16 percent from 80 to 93 deaths. Plus, the rates are up 7 percent from 110 to 118 death…
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The study, released Wednesday, said that the redesign, combined with the proliferation of frontal and side-impact protection on new cars, had lowered death rates in S.U.V. crashes with cars.
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The study, released Wednesday, said that the redesign, combined with the proliferation of frontal and side-impact protection on new cars, had lowered death rates in S.U.V. crashes with cars.
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Even though motor vehicle crashes are at record lows, there is still more to be done to prevent the over 32,000 deaths that occur annually on the nation’s roads. A new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) notes that a few proven countermeasures can have quick payoffs if lawmakers make some bold moves.
IIHS cites an estimated 32,788 motor vehicle deaths last year according to a preliminary projection from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which wo…
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