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Automakers beef up seat belt reminders

More than 60% of 2024 models tested so far earn good ratings, compared with 17% in the program’s first year.

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Insight by Jessica Cicchino

Designing vehicles for pedestrian safety

Good road design is essential for safe, walkable communities, but it's not enough. Vehicles also need to be designed with pedestrians in mind.

More drivers use safety tech

Almost 9 out of 10 drivers of equipped vehicles keep lane departure warning and prevention systems switched on. Seven of 10 use anti-speeding alerts.

Lighting up crosswalks

Crosswalk illuminators and flashing beacons dramatically increase the likelihood that drivers will yield to pedestrians, a new IIHS study shows.

Key issues in road safety

Advanced driver assistance

Front crash prevention, partial automation, limitations of crash prevention technologies

Alcohol and drugs

Alcohol and crash risk, laws, marijuana enforcement

Distracted driving

Cellphone use and crash risk, device laws, technologies to combat distraction

Large trucks

Trucking regulations, fatigue, braking systems, underride

Motorcycles

Helmet laws, ABS, motorcycle types

Pedestrians and bicyclists

Vehicle designs, intersections, crash avoidance technologies, daylight savings time

Red light running

Effectiveness of cameras, signal timing, communities using red light safety cameras

Seat belts

Why belts matter, state laws, reminders and interlocks

Speed

Dangers of speed, by the numbers, traffic calming, intelligent speed assistance

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