Nearly 6,000 pedestrians lost their lives in crashes in 2016, which equates to 16% of all crash fatalities. That's a 46% increase in pedestrian fatalities since reaching their lowest point in 2009, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
Transportation-related incidents ranked as the most common fatal event for workers in the U.S. in 2016, accounting for 2,083 deaths according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That number marks a slight increase over the 2,054 fatalities in 2015.
There were 1,980 fatal hit-and-run crashes in the U.S. in 2016 that resulted in 2,049 lost lives, which was the highest number ever recorded, according to a new study from the AAA Foundation.
A new study from IIHS finds that implementing a red-light camera program results in 21% fewer fatal red-light-running crashes per capita.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary probe into how the car’s automated driving systems performed.
A Cook County, Ill., jury ruled against a food refrigeration company and its former fleet driver who allegedly had drugs in his system at the time of a 2012 accident.
A new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety concludes that a driver’s chances of dying in a crash in a late-model vehicle have dropped by more than a third in three years.
Newly released data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveals a 3.1-percent decrease from 2012 figures.
NHTSA data show that motorcycle rider and pedestrian fatalities rose for the third straight year in 2012 -- 7.1 percent and 6.4 percent, respectively, compared to figures in 2011.
The organization announced its preliminary estimate that approximately 36,200 motor vehicle fatalities occurred in 2012 -- a 5-percent increase from 2011.