The fatal accident rate for large trucks in 2004 fell to its lowest point in 30 years, a drastic year-over-year safety improvement over the 2003 rate of 2.19.
Read More →Uniformed Firefighters Association feels ‘outdated and unsafe' equipment is jeopardizing the safety of firefighters and the public.
Read More →Featuring new system that gives a single rating for all three major safety factors, The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety offers its first rankings for 10 safest cars.
Read More →Do small fleet operators have a resistance to safety related options in their vehicles?
Read More →Vehicle-deer crashes account for about 1.5 million collisions each year across the nation. About 10,000 people are injured and about 150 people are killed in such accidents annually. About one-third of those crashes happen in October and November.
Read More →According to a recent Consumer Reports survey, safety features may not be the high priority for consumers that automakers are catering to.
Read More →As safety features become an increasingly high priority for consumers, automakers have been adding safety features to their 2006 models.
Read More →A report from the Highway Loss Data Institute, the data branch of the Insurance Institute for Highway safety, lists data on vehicle models with the highest collision, injury and theft insurance losses that supports the claim that vehicle size is tied to injury and collision claims.
Read More →After an accident that killed eight students and one instructor and wounded two others, Utah State University has temporarily grounded its fleet of 50 15-passenger vans for safety inspections.
Read More →A petition has been filed to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider the new rules on truck drivers' hours of service.
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