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Lax helmet laws come with deadly cost
More than 20,000 motorcyclists who died in crashes in the U.S. since the mid-1970s would have survived if stronger helmet laws had been in place.
Good road design is essential for safe, walkable communities, but it's not enough. Vehicles also need to be designed with pedestrians in mind.
The recently updated moderate overlap front test tripped up two vehicles, while another pair stumbled in the longstanding small overlap test.
Learn what vehicle safety tests we conduct and what goes into each evaluation.
Front crash prevention, partial automation, limitations of crash prevention technologies
Alcohol and crash risk, laws, marijuana enforcement
Cellphone use and crash risk, device laws, technologies to combat distraction
Trucking regulations, fatigue, braking systems, underride
Helmet laws, ABS, motorcycle types
Vehicle designs, intersections, crash avoidance technologies, daylight savings time
Effectiveness of cameras, signal timing, communities using red light safety cameras
Why belts matter, state laws, reminders and interlocks
Dangers of speed, by the numbers, traffic calming, intelligent speed assistance