Crash Reports
‘Stars On Cars’ Rating System Will Finally Grade How Safe Vehicles Are For People Their Drivers Hit
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finally changed the nation's consumer safety rating system for new automobiles to accommodate vulnerable road users.
November 19, 2024
Advocates Urge Feds Not To Weaken Already-Weak Crash Reporting Guidelines
A new set of federal crash reporting guidelines could actually encourage cities to collect less data about the systemic factors behind the national traffic violence epidemic by treating basic information about road design at crash sites as optional.
May 1, 2023
Streetsblog Chicago Editor John Greenfield Seriously Injured in Bike Crash
Streetsblog Chicago editor, founder, and our colleague John Greenfield was seriously injured this weekend after a piece of construction material that had not been properly tied down fell off a pick-up truck and struck him while biking on a road with no protected cycling infrastructure.
April 25, 2023
Study Seeks To Get Cops To Write Better Crash Reports
Researchers polled 45 New Jersey cops for clues about why their press releases were so incomplete and victim-blaming — and suggested better language.
August 22, 2022
Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes 40% Higher Than Previously Thought
U.S. drivers ram their cars into buildings about 100 times every single day, according to revised new estimates – and while that's 40 more daily collisions than previously thought, some experts suspect it may still be an undercount.
June 21, 2022
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
