The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today posted a new website to make it easier for any employee or contractor of a motor vehicle manufacturer, part supplier, ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the progress of 20 automakers toward manufacturing passenger vehicles with low...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today released its annual 2019 traffic fatality data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting...
V2V messages will make use of the on-board, dedicated short-range radio communication (DSRC) devices to “transmit Basic Safety Messages (BSM) about a vehicle’s speed, heading,...
Drivers of some older vehicles face an even greater risk. These models include 2001 and 2002 Honda Civics and Accords, the 2002 and 2003 Acura TL, the 2002 Honda Odyssey and CR...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is pulling out all of the stops to deter motorists from driving drunk this holiday season...
Dec. 15, 2016
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The new federal safety standard will help pedestrians who are blind, have low vision, and other pedestrians detect the presence, direction and location of these vehicles when ...
The nation lost 35,092 people in traffic crashes in 2015, ending a five-decade trend of declining fatalities with a 7.2 percent increase in deaths from 2014.
The proposal would establish safety standards requiring all newly manufactured U.S. trucks, buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating more ...
Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) held a meeting to seek public input on planned guidelines for the safe deployment and operation ...
NHTSA's implementation of its new IT system reflects some recognized project-management practices, like developing plans for managing system requirements and risks, but the agency...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced its latest estimate of traffic deaths, which show a steep 9.3 percent increase...
NHTSA launched a new public awareness campaign called Safe Cars Save Lives that urges consumers to check for open recalls at least twice a year and to get their vehicles fixed...
The notice focuses on upgrading the federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSSs) that address underride protection in light-vehicle crashes into the rear of trailers and semitrailers...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) that is the first step of a larger agency initiative to upgrade...
The EPA and the NHTSA have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a comprehensive Phase 2 Heavy Duty (HD) National Program that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
The agency plans to continue to encourage development and commercialization of additional promising safety-related technologies of vehicle automation through its recommendation...
NHTSA recently unveiled a vehicle identification number (VIN) look-up tool on its website, safercar.gov, allowing drivers to enter a VIN and identify whether that vehicle is subject...
The proposed rulemaking has a goal of requiring vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication capability for light vehicles – passenger cars and light truck vehicles – and creating minimum...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay a record $35 million civil ...
