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Using federal crash data from 2016 to 2021, IIHS researchers estimated that equipping every light van on the road with front crash prevention, lane departure prevention, blind spot detection and intelligent speed assistance (ISA) could address 26 per cent of all police-reported crashes, 22 per cent of injury crashes and 37 per cent of fatal crashes involving such vehicles.

IIHS calls for delivery vans to be fitted with better safety...

The safety standard – covering vehicles weighing up to 10,000 pounds - is expected to significantly reduce rear-end and pedestrian crashes and NHTSA projects that the move will save at least 360 lives a year and prevent at least 24,000 injuries annually.

AEB to become standard in cars and light trucks by 2029

According to the ICBC motorcycle crashes significantly increase from May to September with 212 people injured in crashes with motorcyclists each month.

Call to keep motorcycle riders in British Columbia safe this Spring

The move has come in direct response to data revealing that trucks represent only three per cent of vehicles on Europe’s roads but are involved in almost 15 per cent of all EU road fatalities.

Euro NCAP reveals details of the first ever Heavy Truck safety...

May is Share the Road Month and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), along with partners at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Florida Sheriff’s Association (FSA), Florida Police Chief’s Association (FPCA), the Florida Trucking Association (FTA), and AAA-The Auto Club Group, is reminding road users that sharing the road is essential for ensuring safe travel for everyone.

Safety campaign urges Florida road users to ‘share the road’

AAA Foundation researchers investigated whether changes to posted speed limits on interstate highways could cause drivers to adopt risky speeding behaviors on local streets.

New AAA research exposes the crash danger of spillover speeding

Researchers from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) also found that youths with mood disorders experienced a slightly elevated risk of crashing.

Youths with mood disorders less likely to get driver’s license

New drivers are eight times more likely to be involved in fatal crashes than experienced drivers, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Road safety speakers talk to British Columbia teens to prevent crashes...

IIHS researchers looked at fatal crash data for the five weeks before and after each time change over 2010-19 focussing on crashes that occurred during the hours that the time change affected the level of light.

Changing the clocks helps pedestrians but hurts motorists

This year, all category winners were either electric, plug-in electric hybrids or hybrids. Additionally, the SUV category was divided into small, midsize, and large due to popularity among car buyers.

2024 AAA car guide revealed

The FHWA made the call to coincide with National Work Zone Awareness Week, which ran from April 15-19.

Calls for safer driving to protect road construction workers

The Federal Highway Administration is funding projects - which aim to protect bridges, roads, ports, rail, and transit from extreme weather - in 37 states the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands

$830m in grants to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to climate...

As part of April’s National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, FLHSMV, its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and campaign partners are reminding drivers of the dangers of not paying attention behind the wheel.

A crash occurs every 44 seconds in Florida

The report shows that around 10,000 people died on rural, non-motorway roads in the EU in 2022 – accounting for around half of all road deaths.

10,000 killed on rural roads in the EU in 2022

The vehicles achieving Euro NCAP’s gold rating were the Citroën Berlingo, the FIAT Doblo, the Opel/Vauxhall Combo and the Peugeot Partner, as well as the Renault Kangoo Van and the Volkswagen Caddy Cargo van. 

Euro NCAP releases first crash avoidance ratings for small panel vans

The partial automation safeguard ratings evaluate driver monitoring, attention reminders, emergency procedures and other aspects of system design. A system may be assigned a rating of good, acceptable, marginal or poor for its safeguards.

First partial driving automation safeguard ratings show ‘worrying’ results

The Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) volunteers and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) have teamed up to launch the Easter Driver Reviver program.

Drivers in Victoria reminded to take a break this Easter

Data indicates Good Friday could spell some of the worst delays for drivers as an estimated 2.6m getaway trips by car are due to be made on that day alone. This is 600,0000 more than the 2m journeys planned for both Thursday 28 March – the day many schools break up – and Easter Monday, and is up on volumes expected over Easter Saturday and Sunday with 2.3m separate trips each.

More than 14m car journeys expected in UK over Easter weekend

The EU’s external auditors spent almost a year analysing the bloc’s current road safety efforts and visited four EU member states to carry out checks. While commending the EU’s overall strategic approach, they warn that implementation is lacking or non-existent in several key areas.

Additional efforts needed to meet EU targets of halving road deaths...

In the survey, conducted in January, 66 per cent of the 1,220 respondents expressed fear about the technology and 25 per cent said they were uncertain. Fully self-driving vehicles are not yet available for purchase.

Fear of self-driving cars persists says AAA

The campaign ‘Anywhere. Anytime. Anyone’ includes a television advert showing how widespread police efforts are targeting dangerous behaviours like speeding, drink and drug driving, driving without a seatbelt and mobile phone distractions.

Badly behaved drivers targeted in new road safety campaign

The report shows 18 per cent of all traffic fatalities between 2017 and 2021 were estimated to involve a drowsy driver, accounting for 30,000 deaths.

Drowsy driving leads to more deaths than reported

The AIP Foundation has reported on the Commuting Safety for Cambodian Workers (CSCW) program, in partnership with the Prevention and Participation (P&P) program, which concluded field visits last year to highlight the safety measures, policies, and practices that selected factories have made that are improving worker safety.

Transport initiatives making journeys safer for factory workers in Cambodia

The Governors Highway Safety Association’s (GHSA) annual Spotlight on Highway Safety report looks at state and national trends in pedestrian traffic deaths from January through June 2023 based on preliminary data provided by State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs).

Pedestrian deaths in the US fall slightly in first half of...

The move aims to better account for variations in the position of the rear shoulder belt.

IIHS alters scoring criteria for updated moderate overlap front crash test

The 2024 Top Truck Bottleneck List measures the level of truck-involved congestion at over 325 locations on the national highway system.

Biggest bottlenecks for truckers in America revealed

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) said modern roundabouts can reduce injury crashes by up to 75 per cent as they reduce speed and eliminate head-on, right-angle and left-turn crashes. They can also increase safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Roundabouts reduce injury crashes by 75% but new survey reveals some...

The project called “We need to talk about hands-free”, was aimed at police officers, who are at the frontline of dealing with the devastation that distracted driving can cause, to ensure they are fully informed.

Hands-free phone use while driving as dangerous as using a hand-held...

AAA Engineers wanted to know how reverse AEB systems with rear cross traffic mitigation systems perform when backing out of a parking space into the path of an oncoming vehicle with an adjacent parked vehicle blocking the view and while a stationary child pedestrian behind the vehicle.

Reverse automatic emergency braking isn’t foolproof

Researchers from the organization combed through diverse information sources and uncovered 123 roadside assistance providers killed by passing vehicles between 2015 and 2021.

AAA study finds more roadside workers struck and killed than reported

Booster seats are designed for children who have outgrown harness-equipped restraints. The IIHS said children aged four to eight-year-olds are 45 per cent less likely to sustain injuries in crashes if they are in boosters than if they are using seat belts alone.

Most new car booster seats earn top safety ratings

Between 1 December 2023 and 11 January 2024, there were 164 road deaths in the Western Cape compared to 131 fatalities during the festive period the previous year.

Rise in deaths on municipal roads in Western Cape

The Transport Accident Commission is asking Victorians to take every precaution necessary to avoid more families being torn apart by road trauma, following a devastating 2023 on the state’s roads.

Return to school prompts road safety plea from authorities after ‘devastating...

The most recent data reveals there were 2,066 fatal injuries from transportation incidents in 2022, making up nearly 38 per cent of the total job-related fatalities that year and a rise of just over four per cent from 1,982 in 2021.

Driving leading cause of job-related deaths in the US every year

Drivers are urged to slow down, increase following distance and allow extra travel time in bad weather.

Motorists urged to adjust their driving for winter conditions

Yet the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 also reveals with more than two deaths occurring per minute and over 3,200 per day, road traffic crashes are still the leading killer of children and youth aged 5–29 years.

Road deaths falling globally but ‘not fast enough’

In 2023 there were 296 lives lost on Victorian roads.

Victorians urged to prioritise road safety this new year

The warning has come from ANCAP, the two countries independent consumer voice on vehicle safety, after it published two zero-star ratings on two brand new models.

New car buyers urged to check safety ratings

And for the first time, due to the expansion of Florida’s ‘move over’ law, drivers must also move over for all disabled vehicles stopped on the side of the road displaying warning, emergency or hazard lights, emergency flares or emergency signage.

Florida ‘move over’ law expands as annual safety campaign launches

The latest figures were published by the Road Safety Authority, following an analysis of provisional fatal collision reports from An Garda Síochána.

Road deaths in Ireland increased in 2023

Most front crash prevention systems include forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking (AEB). Forward collision warning alerts the driver when a rear-end crash is imminent, and AEB automatically slams on the brakes if the driver fails to respond in time.

Better detection of large trucks and motorcycles would improve front crash...

The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced the 11th edition of the ‘Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways’, known as the MUTCD.

New national guidebook on traffic control aims to improve road safety

The NHTSA estimates that fatalities, injuries, and property damage from alcohol-impaired driving costs society $280 billion in lost wages, lost quality of life, medical costs, and more.

Technology to detect drunk drivers could be standard in all new...

The organization said the high cost of replacing and calibrating the sensors that operate the systems created the additional costs but advised drivers to be aware of the repair costs and prioritize repairs when necessary to ensure the systems worked as intended.

Improperly functioning advanced driver assistance systems could result in a deadly...

Across January to October this year, the AA said it had responded to 800 emergency callouts for children or pets locked in vehicles, more than 200 in Auckland alone.

Warning to never leave pets or kids locked in vehicles

Now a new fact sheet which looks at these types of collisions with the aim of guiding prevention strategies and helping to make roads safer has been published.

Trends in wildlife-vehicle collisions can guide prevention strategies in Canada

Now the Road Safety Authority (RSA), in Ireland, is urging cyclists, motorists and motorcyclists to make sure they are prepared for icy conditions this winter and has issued some practical advice to help keep people safe.

Winter weather advice for road users

The Road Safety Authority (RSA), An Garda Síochána, and the Department of Transport and Department of Justice have joined together to make the call at the launch of a new road safety campaign highlighting the benefits of 30km/h speed limits in urban areas.

Christmas road safety campaign launched in Ireland

The latest Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Road Safety Monitor report has revealed that 48 per cent of Victorians would still consider driving after two or more alcoholic drinks.

New campaign aims to ‘bust’ drink driving myths

MEPs have backed a European Commission proposal to extend the scope of existing rules on cross-border enforcement of traffic penalties and a new law which would see driving disqualifications issued in one Member State, also apply in other EU countries in a European Transport Committee meeting held on November 29.

Votes in European Parliament a ‘positive step for road safety’

The most common dangerous behaviors were speeding, distracted driving, and aggressive driving.

Study finds more than half of all drivers engage in dangerous...

Assistant Minster for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator Carol Brown confirmed the Government’s commitment during ANCAP’s 30th anniversary commemorative celebrations in Sydney.

Boost for vehicle safety in Australia

Marcy Edwards, IIHS Senior Research Engineer, said in a comment piece on the organization’s website, that the long-term goal was to be able to evaluate how well each combination of a seat and head restraint protected people of all different sizes and shapes in a variety of seating positions and crash scenarios.

Virtual testing to evaluate seat and head restraints

Whatever their nose shape, pickups, SUVs and vans with a hood height greater than 40 inches are about 45 percent more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than cars and other vehicles with a hood height of 30 inches or less and a sloping profile, an IIHS study of nearly 18,000 pedestrian crashes found.

IIHS study finds vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a warning about aftermarket steering wheel decals that could potentially cause significant injury or death.

Drivers warned against decorating their steering wheel with rhinestones

The funding has come from the Road Safety Trust’s Small Grants Programme which funds local projects with a practical focus that ‘show a proposed link to reducing casualties’.

Projects to improve safety for older road users

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics and conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, could help identify which skill deficits put young new drivers at higher risk for crashes.

Virtual driving assessment predicts risk of crashing for newly licensed teen...

Minister for Police Anthony Carbines has introduced the Justice Legislation Amendment (Police and Other Matters) Bill into the Victorian Parliament which will deliver a suite of reforms aimed at keeping the community safe.

Crackdown on dangerous drivers in Victoria

This year’s Thanksgiving forecast is an increase of 2.3% over last year and marks the third-highest Thanksgiving forecast since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. The top two years were 2005 and 2019, respectively.

Third-highest number of travelers since 2000 expected this Thanksgiving

The rate of animal-strike-related insurance claims in November is more than twice the yearly average, according to an analysis of claims from 2013 to 2022 conducted by the HDLI. The peak coincides with mating season, when deer are most active. The fewest animal strike claims typically occur in August.

Dip in deer strikes poses a mystery for insurers ahead of...

The report, Young Drivers and Traffic Fatalities: 20 Years of Progress on the Road to Zero, includes an analysis of Fatality Analysis Reporting System data for 2002-2021 and identifies the policies and programs responsible for the gains in teen driver safety and makes recommendations for building on that success.

Fatal crashes involving young drivers drops 38 percent over the past...

In a new study AAA engineers evaluated 11 vehicles, 2022-2024 models including sedans, pickups, and SUVs, with “direct” TPMS, which uses air pressure sensors mounted in each wheel.

Check your tire pressure manually, AAA urges drivers

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said teens lack experience behind the wheel and encouraged parents to set aside time to practice driving with them.

Parents encouraged to be role models behind the wheel

The number of road users admitted to hospital between 2014 and 2021 as in-patients in Ireland following a road traffic collision is significantly higher at 15,677 than the number of seriously injured casualties recorded by An Garda Síochána and reported in official statistics by the RSA of 8,977.

New study shows higher numbers of serious injuries from road traffic...

A new report which focuses on children killed or seriously injured on Irish roads, published by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has revealed that approximately two in three child casualties from 2014 to 2022 were either a pedestrian or a cyclist.

Rise in the number of children killed on Ireland’s roads

According to the ICBC, nearly half – 43 per cent - of crashes involving pedestrians happen between October and January as visibility and weather worsen in B.C. with distracted driving and failing to yield the right-of-way being the top contributing factors for drivers in pedestrian related crashes.

Pedestrian safety campaign launched in British Columbia

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) together with An Garda Síochána and the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA), issued the advice as part of Tyre Safety Day, held earlier in October.

New drivers in Ireland urged to check their tires

Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) teamed up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and public safety partners across Florida to recognize the national event.

Parents and caregivers encouraged to talk to their teens about safe...

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC), has joined the Department of Transport and Planning, and Victoria Police to launch Motorcyclist Awareness Month.

Motorcyclists and drivers in Victoria urged to ‘share the road safely’

Observers relying on photographs taken with roadside cameras were almost as good as in-person monitors at identifying drivers who were using their cellphones, one study showed. A second study

Roadside cameras and telematics could help combat cellphone-related distractions behind the...

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV), its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), and public safety is spreading the word that staying safe on Florida’s roadways is a responsibility both motorists and pedestrians share.

Awareness month puts pedestrian safety in the spotlight

The fall is despite the number of miles being travelled increasing, however the organization has warned there is still more work to be done.

Deaths on US roads fall in 2023

Karima Delli, the MEP in charge of drafting the European Parliament’s response to a European Commission proposal to revise rules on driving licences has called for a number of changes that could boost road safety.

Support for graduated driving licenses

None of the four minivans tested by the IIHS earned an acceptable or good rating in the updated moderate overlap front crash test, which now emphasizes back seat safety.

Minivans don’t make the grade when it comes to rear-seat safety,...

The study found after weeks of using ADAS, attention to driving tended to drop. However, drivers also used ADAS more when highway demands were lower.

Drivers grow comfortable with advanced driver technology

The change, which came into force on 17 September, is expected to save up to 100 lives and 20,000 casualties, according to the Welsh government.

New default 20mph speed limit introduced in Wales

The figures have been revealed in a new research brief based on data from the Foundation’s 2022 American Driving Survey.

Americans drove 2.8 trillion miles in 2022

The organization has updated its factsheet 'The impact of the weather' to addresses the effect of hot weather after studies from China, Italy, and the United States showed that the chance of a crash increased with high temperatures, from just over three per cent to as much as 20 per cent.

Hot weather affects the risk of having a crash

Twenty-eight people were killed on Victoria’s roads in September last year – the highest number of fatalities recorded for the month in 16 years and the deadliest month for the year.

Victorians urged to make road safety number one during the school...

Student-led organisation Kaitiaki o Ara/SADD is kicking off its initiative, Student Advocates for Everyone’s Road safety or SAFER September, which is an opportunity for students to contribute to their community by leading and inspiring others to change their behaviour on the road for the better.

Campaign calls for safe driving all year round

Throughout September, FLHSMV will focus on educating drivers to recognize the signs of exhaustion, how to prevent drowsiness when planning to be behind the wheel, and what to do if they are tired or displaying signs of fatigue while driving.

Campaign raises awareness of the dangers of driving drowsy

New analysis from the organization, looking at five years of crash data from the US Department of Transportation, reveals a lack of proper child restraint use among children injured or killed in car crashes.

AAA highlights the importance of car seat and passenger restraint use...

From January 2023 through June 2023, an estimated 21,150 people died in preventable motor vehicle crashes in the United States, down three per cent from the first six months of last year.

NSC estimates 21,150 people died on US roads in first half...

The Victorian Government launched the in-school Road Smart Interactive program which will boost road safety education in all Victorian secondary schools.

Interactive road safety education for students in Victoria

The three-year SleepiEST project will monitor shift-workers who drive either as part of their work, or when commuting - with the data being used to estimate and predict motorists’ fatigue levels.

Research aims to reduce road crashes caused by sleepiness

The new study suggests this would represent 16 per cent of crashes and injuries and 22 per cent of deaths that would otherwise occur on US roads without these technologies.

AAA forecasts advanced driver assistance systems could prevent 37 million crashes...

As part of the high-visibility enforcement campaign, law enforcement officers will be working with their communities from August 18 through September 4 to stop impaired driving.

NHTSA launches ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign

The $20.9m from the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund will pay for improvements including pavement markings, rumble strips and better pedestrian infrastructure.

Funding worth almost $21m awarded to improve road safety on Tribal...

Apps are the biggest distraction for drivers who use their phones...

Young people across regional Victoria are being given the opportunity to swap their older cars for a safer vehicle.

Funding available to help young drivers in Victoria buy newer safer...

Along with its division of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) and safety partners throughout the state FLHSV will be working to educate and engage Florida’s parents, caregivers, and motorists on the importance of safe driving.

Child safety awareness campaign launches in Florida

The report called ‘Highway Safety Behavioral Strategies for Rural and Tribal Areas: A Guide’, aims to help state and local governments and their partners find the behavioral and engineering strategies that are most appropriate, including laws and regulations, enforcement and adjudication, and public outreach.

New report focuses on improving rural road safety

However the organization has said smartphones could be used as a tool to actually help reduce distracted driving.

Could smartphones help prevent distracted driving?

The markings, called Perceptual Rider Information for Maximising Expertise and Enjoyment (PRIMEs), are designed to provide a tool for motorcyclists, ‘priming’ them to adapt their riding before a bend.

Motorcyclist road markings hailed a ‘triumph for road safety’

This year the organization updated its safety testing protocol to include new systems in child presence detection, specifications for vehicle submergence as well as the latest technologies that detect - and respond - to motorcyclists and vulnerable road users.

Euro NCAP announces first vehicles to achieve top marks in newly...

The study from Brake, the road safety charity, and insurance company AXA UK, revealed 63 per cent of people would support such a scheme for young and newly qualified drivers – with only 16 per cent saying they wouldn’t.

Study shows backing for a safer licensing system for new drivers

The ViDA tool, aimed at local authorities, hosts data gathered through the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) – which assesses the safety standards of roads.

New tool aims to improve safety of vulnerable road users

This year’s TAC Local Government Grant Program has been launched and includes funding of up to $30,000 for developing Road Safety Strategies and Action Plans, and a further $30,000 for purchasing Variable Message Signs.

Funding boost to make roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has issued the plea and is urging motorists to remain vigilant as the winter months can bring unpredictable road conditions, including black ice, fog, rain, and landslides.

TAC urges Victorian drivers to put safety first after “tragic year”...

The report states that drivers may lack appropriate knowledge about ADAS - referred to as their mental model - which can translate to misusing or mistrusting the technologies especially in situations beyond the capability of the system, known as edge cases.

When it comes to driving assistance technology familiarity is key

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