Early estimate of 2019 traffic data show reduction in US road deaths for third consecutive year
U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
— Reuters, May 5, 2020
Tag: Impaired Driving
Canadians rank distracted driving as biggest threat when it comes to road deaths, especially mobile-use: Research
40% of Canadians say distracted driving No. 1 threat of car deaths: survey
— Toronto Sun, February 26, 2020
Sharing the road (deaths): Though total fatalities on US roadways about the same, the share of those that are pedestrians or bicyclists has steadily grown
Toll Continues to Mount for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, the Victims in One in Five Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, February 5, 2020
Distracted driving must be treated ‘with the same kind of criminality and public condemnation as impaired driving:’ Op/Ed
It’s time we started treating distracted driving like impaired driving
— Toronto Star, February 5, 2020
Focus of improvements in annual report card on US states’ road safety policies: Occupant safety and children; young drivers and licensing; and preventing impaired and distracted drivers
Report Card for the States Rates Those with Best and Worst Laws to Cut Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, January 29, 2020
Distraction was biggest killer (again) on New Jersey roads in 2018 — driver’s cellphone-use caused the most crashes
Making a call, texting, and drinking coffee killed the most drivers last year in N.J.
— N.J.com, December 28, 2019
With Australia’s longitudinal study-cohort reaching driving-age, risky road habits revealed in latest survey
‘No risk is acceptable when you are behind the wheel’
— 9News, December 10, 2019
New Jersey jury finds driver guilty in crash that killed pedestrian — trial is first application of vehicular manslaughter-charges for distracted driving
She Texted About Dinner While Driving. Then a Pedestrian Was Dead.
— The New York Times, November 22, 2019