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List of FMCSA standards for motor vehicles Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine "Timeline of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Year and Notable Technologies" (PDF). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-24
Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; [5] 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. In 1966, after Congress and the general public had become thoroughly horrified by five years of skyrocketing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the enactment of the Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety ...
Road safety is a major concern in American transportation policy. About 95% of transportation-related deaths occur on streets, roads, and highways. [8] Road safety policy is overseen by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
However, the Department of Transportation kicked off an ambitious plan in early 2022 known as the National Roadway Safety Strategy to take a multifaceted approach to make roads, vehicles, and ...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA / ˈ n ɪ t s ə / NITS-ə) [8] is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on transportation safety in the United States.
When it was initially published in 1968, [10] Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 was part of 49 CFR 371.21, incorporating several SAE recommended practices by reference. [11] The 1969 version of FMVSS 108 allowed the use of two headlamps, each 7 in (180 mm) in diameter, or four smaller 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (150 mm) headlamps. [11]: Table I
U.S. auto safety regulators on Tuesday said traffic deaths rose 12% in the first nine months of 2021 to 31,720 - the highest number killed on American roads in that period since 2006, according to ...
Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures used to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle passengers, and passengers of on-road public transport (mainly buses and trams). Best practices in modern road safety strategy: