WASHINGTON, D.C. --- A survey from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) reveals that deaths on U.S. roadways declined significantly in 2008.
Read More →ITASCA, IL --- The National Safety Council announced Feb. 4 that motor vehicle deaths in 2008 fell to the lowest rate since the NSC began publishing its annual Injury Facts statistical report in the 1920s.
Read More →ST. PAUL, MN --- Preliminary statistics reveal that Minnesota in 2008 had the fewest number of traffic deaths in 64 years, the Associated Press reported.
Read More →PHILADELPHIA --- A study released last month in the journal Pediatrics from the research alliance of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm Insurance Companies sheds light on an often-overlooked group of teen drivers: those without a license.
Read More →BIRMINGHAM, AL --- A law requiring vision screening for Florida drivers 80 and older was associated with lower car-crash fatality rates, but the reasons may not be vision-related, according to a new study.
Read More →SACRAMENTO, CA --- California's roadways saw a significant drop in the number of people killed in traffic crashes in 2007, according to figures released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Read More →WASHINGTON, D.C. --- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its 2007 estimate of total highway fatalities, and the data indicate that last year there were 41,059 deaths overall, a 3.9 percent decline from 2006 and the lowest number since 1994.
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