Automotive Fleet News

CAMPBELL, TX - An Americanos USA bus on Tuesday, March 16, veered out of control on a Texas highway before flipping over, killing two passengers and injuring 40 others on board, the Associated Press reported.

Tags: Americanos USA , Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, highway fatalities, motorcoaches

MELVILLE, NY --- A fuel truck flipped and burst into flames on New York's Long Island Expressway on Saturday morning, Jan. 23, killing the driver and shutting down the highway in both directions for hours.

Tags: highway fatalities, Kittery Transport

SPRINGFIELD, OH --- Four people were killed and six injured Jan. 7 after a tanker truck collided with a van carrying adult students on snow-covered Interstate 70 in Clark County, Ohio.

Tags: Creative Learning Workshop, highway fatalities

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The National Transportation Safety Board on Oct. 27 determined that the probable cause of a fatal motorcoach accident in Sherman, Texas, was the failure of the right steer axle tire. The crash killed 17 people.

Tags: collision prevention, Federal Highway Administration , FMCSA, highway fatalities, National Transportation Safety Board, NHTSA

STILLWATER, OK --- Oklahoma State University will be leading an ambitious new study with the Federal Highway Administration to better understand and prevent motorcycle crashes.

Tags: Federal Highway Administration , highway fatalities, motorcycle crashes, OSU Oklahoma Transportation Center

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Of the 7,945 people who died in vehicle accidents in the past five years in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, 58.9 percent of them were in single-vehicle crashes, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Tags: AAA, highway fatalities, NHTSA, vehicle collisions