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NHTSA seeks to prevent ‘underride’ crashes involving trucks

July 22, 2015

Washington – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has spelled out plans to require rear-impact guards on single-unit vehicles such as dump trucks, garbage haulers, concrete mixers and delivery trucks, according to an advance notice of proposed rulemaking released July 17.

Group calls for collision-avoidance systems on all commercial trucks, buses

February 25, 2015

Washington – A group of safety advocates is calling for forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems, or F-CAM, to be required in all trucks and buses to help prevent deadly rear-end crashes.

Senate confirms Rosekind to lead NHTSA

December 17, 2014

Washington – The Senate has confirmed fatigue expert Mark Rosekind’s nomination to head the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

NHTSA seeks input on vehicle-to-vehicle technology

August 19, 2014

Washington – Vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology could prevent more than a half-million crashes and save more than 1,000 lives per year, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

NHTSA proposes new regulation to protect large-bus passengers

August 18, 2014

Washington – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has proposed a new federal safety standard to help protect passengers in rollover crashes involving motorcoaches and other large buses.

NHTSA may raise safety standards for truck rear-impact guards

July 14, 2014

Washington – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering new rules to help prevent fatalities caused by vehicles sliding underneath tractor-trailers and single-unit trucks.

NTSB aims to prevent ‘underrides’ involving large trucks

April 9, 2014

Washington – The National Transportation Safety Board on April 3 recommended new safety standards intended to reduce injuries and fatalities caused by vehicles sliding underneath large tractor-trailer trucks.

New passenger cars, other vehicles must have rear visibility systems by 2018

April 2, 2014

Washington – By May 2018, all new vehicles weighing less than 10,000 pounds – including buses and trucks – will need to be equipped with rear visibility systems, according to a final rule issued March 31 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Traffic fatalities fall in first three quarters of 2013, NHTSA says

March 26, 2014

Washington – An estimated 24,270 motor vehicle crash fatalities occurred in the first nine months of 2013 – a 3.7 percent decrease from the 2012 estimate from the same time period, according to a new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

NHTSA: School transportation fatalities average 135 per year

March 26, 2014

Washington – A total of 1,353 people died from school transportation-related crashes between 2003 and 2012 – an average of about 135 fatalities per year, according to a new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.