NHTSA: Highway deaths decline
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Traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low, a federal safety official said Monday.
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The Institute for Highway Safety tested 73 cars, but only eight of them recieved an overall good rating. Most cars do a poor or marginal job protecting passengers from whiplash injuries in a rear-end crash, according to crash tests of several models.
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Seat belts, air bags and other vehicle safety features have saved 329,000 lives since 1960, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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They still decrease our risk of dying, but the statistics are not all black and white. In fact, according to one researcher, seat belts may actually cause people to drive more recklessly
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More people are killed in road accidents in the United States on July 4th, Independence Day, than any other day of the year, researchers said on Thursday.
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Bus travel produces few student deaths, statistics show. But a fatal accident in Alabama revives the seat-belt debate.
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The most dangerous roads in Scotland are revealed in a new survey of fatal crashes and accidents.
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U.S. regulators have yet to complete  an advanced system for fully analyzing crash data to identify  defects four years after the deadly Firestone tire debacle  prompted an overhaul of federal auto safety oversight, a  government watchdog said on Friday.
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GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN Yawn. That sums up the reaction here to news that the U.S. Congress, acting through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is recommending that all new cars and trucks sold in America be fitted with electronic stability-control systems.
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Responding to a tough insurance industry crash test, automakers are making major strides to improve the safety of family sedans, according to new data released Sunday.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's near-fatal crash on a motorcycle this year reflected a troubling trend: More bikers are getting killed on the road.
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American and Iraqi officials said that they were seeing a decline in the monthly civilian casualty count in June.
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Safety belts accounted for 160,000  or more than half of all lives saved in the United States by  auto safety features adopted since 1960, a government analysis  showed on Tuesday.
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The NASCAR community is mourning a tragic loss after a plane crash killed 10 members of a racing dynasty. Federal officials say 8 passengers and two pilots died when the Hendrick Motorsports aircraft went down on its way to a race in Virginia.
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The average level of a deadly form of air pollution dropped in the US from 1999 to 2003 as new pollution controls made strides in battling the nation&#39;s air quality problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 10--DESTIN -- A St. Augustine man died in a twovehicle accident Saturday after a Jeep broadsided his BMW on Tranquility Lane in Crystal Beach.
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(HealthDay News) -- Driving can become dangerous for some seniors as they decline both physically and mentally.