Car crashes
Basics
Why U.S. Car Crash Reporting Is Broken
Nearly a third of car crashes involving a vulnerable road user goes unreported in the nation's capital, skewing District crash totals that are critical to making changes — but advocates say that stunning stat is just the tip of a much larger national iceberg.
July 20, 2021
STUDY: Police Stops Don’t Stop Car Crashes
An explosive new study found that higher rates of state patrol traffic stops — which increase the possibility of dangerous contact between people of color and law enforcement — does not lessen car-crash rates.
July 14, 2021
Senate Bill Would Put Teen Drivers in Big Rigs
The latest Senate transportation bill would make it legal for freight companies to hire teenagers to drive big rigs, among other dangerous new policies that advocates say have no place in federal law.
July 8, 2021
I Watched ‘F9’ So Other Bike/Ped Advocates Don’t Have To
I write about car crashes all day. Here's my take on the new "Fast and the Furious" movie.
July 7, 2021
Three Turning Restrictions Cities Need To Put On Drivers
To everything there is a season — but killer turns (turns, turns) should never get the time of day in U.S. cities.
June 28, 2021
Stats Show Black and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths
The U.S. is still failing to make meaningful progress to end the decades-long racial disparity in fatal car crash rates across modes, a new study finds — and things got worse during the pandemic.
June 23, 2021
STUDY: U.S. Not Doing Enough To Stop Stoned Driving (or to Boost Transit)
Car crashes rose in Western states after the legalization of pot, a pair of new studies finds — but increasing access to transit may be the only sure-fire way to rein in stoned driving, especially without increasing police harassment of people of color.
June 22, 2021
Road Rage Shootings Are On a Terrifying Rise
Aggressive driving isn’t the only deadly behavior on the rise on American roads — because raging U.S. motorists are killing more people with guns than any point in recent history, too.
June 15, 2021
Study: Complete Streets Lead to Better Crash Coverage
Complete streets policies don't just reduce car crashes — they may even improve how those crashes are covered by the media, a study shows.
June 9, 2021
How Cities Should Analyze Crashes that Kill Peds
A team of advocates has produced what may be the most comprehensive report on crashes that kill pedestrians — and it’s prompting a call for a similar approach to be adopted across the country.
May 19, 2021
