Safety and Accident News

Texting while driving is much riskier than driving while emotionally upset or daydreaming, according to a new study from the University of Houston and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

Tags: Research, Distracted Driving, Colleges and Universities, Texting While Driving, Safety, Big Data

Pep Boys lists 12 commonly made maintenance mistakes that can be costly in the long run.

Tags: Preventive Maintenance, Driver Safety Tips, Pep Boys, Safety

The recall, set to begin Sept. 25, covers 911 R1200RT Police motorcycles in the 2014-2017 model years.

Tags: BMW, Recalls, Brakes, 2014-MY, 2015-MY, NHTSA, 2016-MY, 2017-MY, Safety, Police Motorcycles

The department will participate in a nationally recognized safe driver program known as Below 100, which has the intention of keeping the number of officers killed or injured in car crashes below 100 nationwide.

Tags: Driver Training, Safety, Police

AAA offers driving safety reminders for the new school year.

Tags: Pedestrian Safety, Driver Safety Tips, Bicycles, Safety

The Arkansas State Police offers advice on what common mistakes to avoid while driving near semitrailer trucks.

Tags: Driver Safety Tips, Safety, Semitrailers

The City of Austin has begun pulling all 446 of its Ford Explorers and Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles from service after finding traces of carbon monoxide in a significant amount of vehicles.

Tags: Ford Explorer, City of Austin, Safety, Ford Police Interceptor Utility, Police Vehicles

Set to debut in early 2018, the program will establish a comprehensive set of standards for collision repair of GM vehicles.

Tags: Collision Repair, General Motors, Accident Management

New York City has reported that the first six months of 2017 marked the lowest number of traffic-related fatalities on city streets ever measured. Fleet-related fatalities have also decreased since the city began its Vision Zero initiative.

Tags: New York City, Safety, Vision Zero

Pep Boys and CNET provide advice on how to recognize symptoms of wheel misalignment.

Tags: Maintenance, Driver Safety Tips, Pep Boys, Suspensions, Safety

The legislation now moves to the full House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is expected to vote on the measure next week.

Tags: U.S. Congress, Autonomous Vehicles, Safety, Legislation, Fully Autonomous, NHTSA

The California Department of Motor Vehicles offers advice to promote safer driving at night.

Tags: California DMV, Driver Safety Tips, Safety, Drowsy Driving

A lineman for the City of Danville, Va., was responding to a power outage in an elevated bucket truck when the accident occurred.

Tags: Fatal Accidents, Utility Fleets, Safety

A new study from Arizona State University concludes that drivers who follow another car to a destination are more likely to drive dangerously.

Tags: Research, Safety, Colleges and Universities

This investment will expand the ballistic protection program to retrofit the New York Police Department's 72 command vehicles with bullet-resistant door panels and window inserts.

Tags: NYPD, Safety, Police

Toyota has invested in Nauto, a Palo Alto-based company that has developed a distracted driving system for commercial fleets that monitors drivers and the road environment to increase safe driving.

Tags: Toyota, Distracted Driving, Video Event Recorders, In-Car Video, Nauto

The Arkansas Department of Motor Vehicles provides six tips on how to maximize field of vision while driving.

Tags: Driver Safety Tips, Safety

The National Transportation Safety Board will host a roundtable at this year’s Fleet Safety Conference. To be discussed will be strategies for and challenges of advanced driver-assistance systems implementation in heavy-duty trucks and fleets.

Tags: NTSB, Fleet Safety Conference, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Autonomous Vehicles

July is National Vehicle Theft Prevention Month, so here's some timely advice from both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

Tags: Vehicle Theft, National Insurance Crime Bureau, Driver Safety Tips, NHTSA

The safety compliance recall covers more than 370,000 2015- to 2017-model year vehicles in the U.S.

Tags: Cargo Vans, Recalls, Ford, Ford Transit, 2015-MY, 2016-MY, 2017-MY, Safety

AAA Exchange offers advice on what measures drivers can take to counter sun glare and see the road more clearly.

Tags: AAA, Driver Safety Tips, Safety

Three states that have legalized recreational cannabis see a 3% overall increase in collision claim frequencies, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.

Tags: Drugged Driving, HLDI, Safety, Marijuana, Risk Management, Drivers

The City of Chicago has released a three-year plan to reduce roadway crashes. The plan calls for side guards and convex mirrors to be installed on large trucks belonging to the city and contractors.

Tags: Highway Safety, City of Chicago, Vision Zero