The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released the report, “An Analysis of Recent Improvements to Vehicle Safety.” The report includes information suggesting safer vehicles have led to less car crashes and deaths on the road overall.
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More specifically, the report states that safety changes on vehicles from 2000 to 2008 caused a dramatic reduction in the number of crashes and casualties on the road, with an estimated 2,000 lives saved and 1 million prevented-occupant injuries in 2008 alone.
According to the report, there is now an 82 percent chance of someone escaping a crash uninjured, up from a 79 percent chance in 2000, and that the likelihood of crashing in 100,000 miles of driving has gone from a 30 percent chance in a model-year 2000 vehicle to a 25 percent chance in a model-year 2008 one. NHTSA says it has seen an overall decline in traffic fatalities in the past decade, falling to 32,885 in 2010.
To view the report in its entirety, visit ASA’s legislative website at www.TakingTheHill.com.
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