NHTSA News
Cycling Fatalities Reach 46-Year High
Cyclist fatalities reached a multi-decade high in 2021.
According to a recent report from the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
U.S. Traffic Safety Agency Audit Finds Auto Defect Probes Lag
The U.S. government agency charged with keeping the roads safe is slow to investigate automobile safety defects, limiting its ability to handle rapidly changing or severe risks, an audit made public ...
NHTSA Proposes Automatic Emergency Braking Requirements for New Vehicles
The U.S. government's auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially life-saving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards ...
Company Refuses NHTSA Recall Demand on Air Bag Inflators
A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators be recalled. The National ...
Despite Security Fix Hyundai and Kia Thefts Keep Rising
Nearly three months ago, Hyundai and Kia unveiled software that was designed to thwart an epidemic of thefts of their vehicles, caused by a security flaw that was exposed on TikTok and other social ...
Distraction, Speeding, Alcohol Drive Up 2021 Traffic Deaths
Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021—the highest number in 16 years—with deaths due to speeding and impaired or distracted driving on the ...
New Data Suggests Dangerous Driving Trend Is Slowing, Slightly
Preliminary traffic data provides some hope that a rash of unsafe driving habits spawned by traffic-free roads during COVID-19 business shutdowns is beginning to ...
Many U.S. Drivers Treat Partially Automated Cars as Self-Driving: Study
Drivers using advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla Autopilot or General Motor Super Cruise often treat their vehicles as fully self-driving despite warnings, a ...
