Distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
2023年7月25日 · The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distracted driving as any activity that could divert attention from the primary task of driving. Besides using electronic gadgets, distractions can also include adjusting a radio, eating and drinking, reading, grooming, and interacting with passengers.
Fatality Facts 2022 Yearly snapshot - IIHS-HLDI
Distracted drivers in fatal crashes during 2022, by distraction type; Distraction type Number % Generally distracted or "lost in thought" (daydreaming) 1,959: 63: Cellphone use (talking, listening, dialing, texting) 375: 12: Outside person, object or event, such as rubbernecking: 277: 9: Other distraction, not specified: 81: 3
Fatality Facts 2022 Teenagers - IIHS-HLDI
2017年3月31日 · Strengthening restrictions on nighttime driving and teen passengers, as well as raising the licensing age, reduced rates of fatal crashes and insurance collision claims (McCartt et al., 2012; Trempel, 2009). The following facts are based on analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Multifaceted approach could help end distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
March 30, 2023. Workplace policies that discourage distracted driving can be part of the solution. A multifaceted approach could help end distracted driving, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
Smartphones lead to distraction. Could they also prevent it?
2023年7月25日 · When we think about distracted driving, we automatically think of smartphones. They’re indispensable. They’re addictive. They can also be dangerous. Crash data based on police reports indicate that around 3,350 people were killed in all distraction-related crashes and 382 died in crashes involving cell phone use in 2021.
Self-driving vehicles could struggle to eliminate most crashes
2020年6月4日 · Self-driving vehicles will need not only to obey traffic laws but also to adapt to road conditions and implement driving strategies that account for uncertainty about what other road users will do, such as driving more slowly than a human driver would in areas with high pedestrian traffic or in low-visibility conditions.
More sweeping cellphone laws reduce crash rates - IIHS-HLDI
2022年8月9日 · In Oregon, distracted driving convictions were dropping before a generalized holding ban became effective in October 2017. Afterward, they rose 50 percent in 2018 and another 27 percent in 2019. Likewise, in Washington, which adopted its broader law in July 2017, previous year-to-year drops in citations were followed by increases of 74 percent ...
Fatality Facts 2022 Urban/rural comparison - IIHS-HLDI
In 2022, 28% of crash deaths in rural areas and 29% in urban areas involved speeding. Speeding is defined to include crashes in which a driver was issued a traffic citation for speeding or in which driver-related factors included driving too fast for conditions, racing …
Older drivers - IIHS-HLDI
2022年6月16日 · For example, an IIHS survey of 2,500 drivers 65 and older found that drivers with reported impairments in memory, vision, mobility and/or medical conditions such as arthritis or diabetes were more likely than other drivers to self-limit their driving by making fewer trips, traveling shorter distances, or avoiding driving at night, on ...
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