“We will redouble our safety efforts, and we need everyone – state and local governments, safety advocates, automakers, and drivers – to join us.
Steven Cliff, NHTSA’s Deputy Administrator. “This crisis on our roads is urgent and preventable,” said Dr.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law now being implemented also advances Complete Streets policies and standards requires updates to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, which defines speeds, lane markings, traffic lights and more on most roads in the country and sharply increases funding for the Highway Safety Improvement Program, which helps states adopt data-driven approaches to making roads safer. The program, the first of its kind, invests up to $6 billion over five years to fund local efforts to reduce roadway crashes and fatalities. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law places a strong emphasis on improving safety and includes the new Safe Streets and Roads for All program, which opened its first round of applications just this week. “With our National Roadway Safety Strategy and the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we are taking critical steps to help reverse this devastating trend and save lives on our roadways.” “We face a crisis on America’s roadways that we must address together,” said U.S. Behind each of these numbers is a life tragically lost, and a family left behind. The projection is the highest number of fatalities since 2005 and the largest annual percentage increase in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history. NHTSA projects that an estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% increase from the 38,824 fatalities in 2020. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for 2021. The 2000 NHTSA investigation that led Firestone to voluntarily recall 6.5 million tires in the wake of a near-300 reported tire failures, which were linked to at least 46 deaths between 19.In response to this crisis, earlier this year USDOT unveiled the National Roadway Safety Strategy that is now getting resources from the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association is also responsible for compiling complaints from vehicle owners and drivers, investigating claims, and issuing safety recalls in order to ensure optimum driver and passenger safety. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration studies show that vehicle to vehicle (V2V) technology could resolve up to eighty percent of potential crash scenarios involving non-impaired drivers. Connected Vehiclesįocused on the advancement of telematics-the sharing of information between your vehicle and other vehicles on the road-in the effort toward preventing accidents by transferring information between vehicles (and utilizing technology such as predictive braking and adaptive cruise control) and notifying emergency services quickly in the event of an accident. The CIoT website also offers Mobilization Campaign Materials, PEAK Enforcement Materials, and information on seat belts and why they are vital in saving occupants’ lives. Click It or Ticket (CIoT) has become the most successful seat belt awareness-raising/enforcement campaign and has served to increase national seat belt usage on the whole. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminds drivers that police officers nationwide are cracking down on drivers and passengers seen not wearing their seat belts properly. “Click It or Ticket” (Seat Belt Awareness) automakers in order to decrease the footprint of the automotive industry on the environment. Furthermore, the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) program incentivizes the production of more fuel efficient vehicles for U.S. Working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the NHTSA creates these standards in an effort to ease the financial burden of fuel buying for drivers while also serving to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sets fuel economy standards for US-made vehicles. Fuel Economy/Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFÉ) Automakers everywhere are working to increase fuel-efficiency across vehicle lineups.