Risk Factors for Pedestrian Fatalities: How Can Pedestrian Safety be Increased?
Certain factors may increase the chances of a pedestrian fatality. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the most common risk factors for a pedestrian fatality are as follows...
What is Drowsy Driving and How Can You Prevent It?
Drowsy driving is a risk factor for motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). According to a 2017 summary released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), from 2011 to 2015, drowsy driving was a factor in approximately...
Seatbelts and Motor Vehicle Fatalities
Seatbelts reduce the chances of a motor vehicle fatality by keeping the vehicle occupant inside the vehicle after a motor vehicle accident (MVA). Unbuckled drivers may be totally ejected from the vehicle...
Glare, Nighttime Driving, and Accident Reconstruction
Nighttime driving is considered more dangerous than daytime driving, as a disproportionate number of fatal accidents occur after dark. This increased danger may be due, in part, to the increased amounts of glare at night. Glare is characterized as...
Vehicle Pitch, Roll and Yaw
Three important motions of a vehicle which will be explained in this blog are pitch, roll and yaw...
Event Data Recorder (EDR)
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) defines the EDR as a device or function in a vehicle that records the vehicle's dynamic time-series data during the time period just prior to a crash event...