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Global Road Safety Crisis - U.N August 2007
The recently-released global road safety report from the U.N. says crashes are an economic threat as well as a health issue More »
SUVs and pickups not good in U.S. 2006 crash stats
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has prepared a comprehensive 149-page report on traffic fatalities and estimates of injuries for 2006. There are significant declines but SUVs did not do well More »
Road crashes climb top 10 chart
Road safety experts around the world are frustrated. In 2001 the 9/11 attack took some 3000 lives in the U.S., but road crashes there took over 40,000 that same year. They're wondering how to focus public attention. More »
TV program slams Goodyear over tire
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning Fifth Estate program maintains that Goodyear knew about death-causing flaws in its LRE tires as early as 1995, but only recalled 200,000, leaving about 8 million on the roads. More »
If cars are so smart, how come they crash?
The author argues that when reporting or describing crashes and collisions let's put the "blame" where it should truly rest: on drivers not vehicles. More »
