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The accident data recorder (ADR, German commonly abbr.: UDS, also accident (data) writer) [ 1 ] is an independent electronic device that records before, during, and after a traffic accident relevant data and thus resembles a flight recorder. It can be installed in motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, trams, and special vehicles) on ...
The Wisconsin State Patrol is the state patrol for the state of Wisconsin and is a division of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The Wisconsin State Patrol enforces traffic and criminal laws, oversees the motor carrier safety and weight facilities (SWEFs), inspects and regulates motor carriers, school buses and ambulances, and assists local law enforcement agencies with traffic ...
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 ...
Dec. 1—FALL CREEK — Two people died Friday in a one-vehicle accident near E14510 County Road D, according to the Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office. Officials were dispatched to the crash at ...
Crash victim is run over by passing vehicle and dragged 3 miles, Wisconsin cops say. Mitchell Willetts. December 31, 2023 at 1:34 PM. Getty Images/iStockphoto. A 19-year-old woman was found dead ...
Transportation safety in the United States encompasses safety of transportation in the United States, including automobile crashes, airplane crashes, rail crashes, and other mass transit incidents, although the most fatalities are generated by road incidents annually killing 32,479 people in 2011 to over 42,000 people in 2022.
A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In the USA, engineers use the term modern roundabout to refer to junctions installed after ...
— A tractor accident at a Chippewa County apple orchard sent 25 people to the hospital on Wednesday morning. According to Chippewa Fire District Deputy Chief Cory Jeffers, two hay wagons ...