By Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and we launched our 2021–2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements on April 6. It seemed only natural that we begin our Most Wanted List blog series with the item, “Eliminate Distracted Driving.” Crashes involving distracted drivers killed 3,142 people in 2019—up … Continue reading Eliminate Distracted Driving→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Tom Chapman The holiday season is a time of increased impaired-driving crashes. Accordingly, December has been designated National Impaired Driving Prevention Month to draw attention to the 100-percent preventable traffic fatalities and injuries attributed to impaired driving. In 2018, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 10,511 people were killed in … Continue reading Drive Sober And Save Lives This Holiday Season→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Jennifer Homendy When you think of common ways drivers are distracted on the road, you probably think of talking or texting on mobile devices, eating, reading, or perhaps even putting on makeup or shaving. It’s easy to recognize that these risky behaviors are distractions. There are even laws on the books in several … Continue reading It’s Past Time to Think About Cognitive Distraction→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Nicholas Worrell, Chief, NTSB Safety Advocacy Division Sunday, November 15, is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. I’ve known many of you who have lost loved ones this way, and I’ve worked alongside many survivor advocates for years. Along with the courage and strength I’ve seen among these survivors, it’s plain to me that … Continue reading World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Robert Molloy, PhD, Director, NTSB Office of Highway Safety As we wrap up Drowsy Driving Prevention week, I want to remind drivers about the importance of getting adequate rest before operating …| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
In a new episode of our Behind the Scene @NTSB podcast, we talk with Ellen Lee, Project Manager and Brian Bragonier, Investigator, both in the Office of Highway Safety, about the January 29, 2022, …| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Nicholas Worrell, Chief, NTSB Safety Advocacy Division Sunday, November 19, is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Every year on this day, people around the world honor the me…| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Bryan Delaney, NTSB Safety Advocate This week is Teen Driver Safety Week, a time dedicated to raising awareness and seeking solutions to prevent teen driving-related deaths and injuries on the road. The NTSB has long advocated for preventive measures that would address the common factors—distractions, fatigue, impairment, speeding, and lack of seat belt use—contributing … Continue reading Teen Driver Safety Week: Keeping The Next Generation Safe on the Roads→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Leah Walton, NTSB Safety Advocate In the Spring of this year, I attended the Association of Ignition Interlock Program Administrators (AIIPA) Annual Conference, a gathering of about 130 people all committed to eliminating impaired driving. Attendees included state ignition interlock program administrators, ignition interlock manufacturers, researchers, law enforcement, toxicologists, and representatives from the treatment … Continue reading Help Us Reach Zero: Adopt All-offender Igniti...| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chair Jennifer Homendy This is the second in a three-part series examining the safety of vulnerable road users, as new federal data show a rise in traffic deaths among motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians last year. Read the first post. I love nearly everything about bicycles, from riding around Virginia to creating art for the … Continue reading We Need to Change the Bike Safety Conversation→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Chair Jennifer Homendy This is the first in a three-part series examining the safety of vulnerable road users, as new federal data show a rise in traffic deaths among motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians last year. When it comes to learning, I’m one of those people who doesn’t just want to read about something — … Continue reading Motorcycle Safety Is Everyone’s Responsibility→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Nicholas Worrell, Chief, NTSB Safety Advocacy Division More people are dying in crashes since the pandemic began. Deaths on our roads increased from 36,096 in in 2019 to 38,824 in 2020, and to an estimated 31,720 in the first 9 months of 2021, a further 12% increase. At that rate of increase, fatalities will … Continue reading Kicking off National Distracted Driving Awareness Month→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Leah Walton, NTSB Safety Advocate I was 21 years old in the year 2000 when I started working in the field of impaired driving prevention, specifically underage drinking prevention. I remember some of my colleagues recalling, “Back in my day, the legal drinking age was 18 years old.” I don’t have that recollection – … Continue reading 40 Years Later: The Safety Impact of the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Tom Chapman This year, the Super Bowl will be played on Sunday, February 13th. Like many Americans, I circled the date on my calendar months ago. It’s a special day to enjoy with family and friends. It’s a day to watch the biggest game of the year while indulging in favorite football fare— … Continue reading The Super Bowl—By the Numbers→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Tom Chapman Unlike last year when many holiday gatherings were cancelled due to the pandemic, many of us will return to visiting family and attending holiday parties this year. Some may see this as an opportunity for a 2020 do-over and may overindulge on merriment. The holiday season is a time of increased … Continue reading Drive Sober and Save Lives the Holiday Season→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB, we talk with Mike Fox and Steve Prouty, Highway Crash Investigators, Nathan Doble, Transportation Research Analyst and Brittany Rawlinson, Statistician about the 2021-2022 Most Wanted List safety items Implement a Comprehensive Strategy to Eliminate Speeding-Related Crashes and Protect Vulnerable Road Users through a Safe System Approach. For more information about the … Continue reading EPISODE 45: MOST WANTED LIST – VULNERABLE ROAD USERS AN...| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
October 17-23, 2021 was designated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as Teen Driver Safety Week, a time dedicated to raising awareness of preventive measures that can be taken to eliminate teen injuries and fatalities on American roadways. In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB, State and Local Liaison Steve Blackistone, Chief of the … Continue reading EPISODE 44: TEEN DRIVER SAFETY→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Bryan Delaney, NTSB Safety Advocate For most teens, receiving the car keys for their first trip alone on the road is a ceremonious moment—one that opens their world to freedom of mobility. For parents and guardians, however, this moment can be nerve-wracking. Unfortunately, the anxiety parents and guardians feel is justifiable, as traffic crashes … Continue reading Teen Driver Safety: Education + Action = Positive Change→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Stephanie Shaw, NTSB Safety Advocate As parents, caregivers, teachers, school administrators, and school transportation safety professionals prepare for the return to school the health and safety of our children is the highest priority. This school year, back to school preparation for our children looks very different and it’s easy to forget about transportation safety … Continue reading Back-to-School Transportation Safety→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Leah Walton, NTSB Safety Advocate Twenty years ago, in the summer of 2001, I began my work to end alcohol-impaired driving at the Minnesota State Office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Over these 20 years, although so much has changed and there’s much to celebrate, we still have so much work to do. What … Continue reading Preventing Alcohol-Impaired Driving: We All Are Part of the Solution→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Member Thomas Chapman Impaired driving, in some form or another, has been on every NTSB Most Wanted List since its inception in 1990. And with more than 10,000 impaired-driving deaths each year, it’s hard to imagine ever removing it. We have made safety recommendations about impaired driving prevention since 1968.Yet the problem persists. Part … Continue reading Prevent Alcohol- and Other Drug-Impaired Driving→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
May has been designated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, to help motorists understand standard motorcycle driving behaviors and learn how to drive safely around motorcycles on our roadways. In this episode of Behind-the-Scene @ NTSB, NTSB Highway Crash Investigators Kenny Bragg and Mike Fox discuss our investigation of … Continue reading Episode 40: Motorcycle safety month→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
