Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Download the Seat Belts fact sheet (PDF) 0 KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN 2020 0 WEREN’T WEARING SEAT BELTS Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Laws There were 38,824 motor vehicle crash fatalities on U.S. roads in 2020. Among passenger vehicle occupant fatalities that year, more than half (51 percent) were unrestrained when restraint use was known. For passengers that survived…
read moreSafety groups and crash victims write to the U.S. Senate. As debate continues on the DRIVE Act (H.R. 22), there is still time to include a strong safety title. Unfortunately, the changes which have been made to the bill thus far are minimal and still do not advance needed safety improvements. Without a course correction, our nation will experience the…
read moreAdvocates’ Consumer Co-Chair Joan Claybrook, President Jackie Gillan, Insurance Co-Chair Bill Vainisi, Mrs. Bonnie Lautenberg and Advocates’ Board Member Andrew McGuire present a Highway Safety Hero Award to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Families affected by motorcoach crashes join Mrs. Bonnie Lautenberg and Advocates’ President Jackie Gillan to present the inaugural Senator Frank R. Lautenberg Highway Safety Leadership Award…
read more0 EVERY YEAR ON AVERAGE IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES 0 EVERY YEAR ON AVERAGE IN LARGE TRUCK CRASHES Download Advocates’ Latest Truck Safety Fact Sheet
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