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It is connected to a warning system that contains flashing lights, electronic signs, and variable speed limits within the fog advisory zone, and electronic controlled swing gates which block access to the interstate from six entrance ramps in and near this stretch in the event of dense fog. [3] The system automatically drops the speed limit ...
November 9 – Netherlands – In sudden dense fog on the A16 motorway west of Breda, several cars and trucks collide in a huge pile-up. 10 people were killed and 28 injured. [135] December 11 – United States – Interstate 75 fog disaster. A 99 car pile-up due to fog on Interstate 75 near Calhoun, Tennessee resulted in 12 deaths and 42 ...
Fog caused an accident on E17 motorway near Nazareth, Belgium. [24] 10 March 1997: United Kingdom (Bromsgrove, England) 3: 60: 160: Referred to as the 1997 M42 motorway crash: fog caused a crash in the United Kingdom, involving 160 vehicles, leading to three deaths and 60 injuries. [25] [26] 31 December 1998: United States (Grayling, Michigan ...
[7] He added that driving conditions were "difficult", and that there was fog in the area at the time of the accident. [9] Justine Greening, the Transport Secretary, told the House of Commons that it might take weeks to determine the cause of the crash. [10] An inquest into the deaths was opened at the Old Municipal Building in Taunton on 10 ...
The Trump transition team wants the incoming administration to drop a car-crash reporting requirement opposed by Elon Musk’s Tesla , according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could ...
Uber driver Derek Gooderham was zipping along on Interstate 83 when a wave of wood planks tumbled from the lumber truck, sliding down a hill and sweeping his car off the road.
The September 3, 1999, Ontario Highway 401 crash, was a multiple-vehicle collision that resulted from dense fog conditions on a section of Ontario Highway 401 between Windsor and Tilbury. There were 87 vehicles involved in the pile-up in both directions of the divided highway, killing eight people and injuring a further 45.
Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes over a 10-month period involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas, according to statistics released ...