The estimated fatality rate dropped to 1.05 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, down from 1.13 during the first ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that the traffic fatality rate has declined by 6.3 percent ...

Air bag inflators have led to injuries and at least two deaths, NHTSA says. The NHTSA, which started its investigation in 2015, said air bag inflator ruptures have led to two deaths: one in Canada ...

Ford announced the vehicle's rearview camera image may not display, increasing the risk of a crash, the NHTSA reported.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has amended its Final Rule on safety standards for parking brakes to include all trucks, buses and multipurpose passenger vehicles with ...

Tesla shares were up 3% following the news that NHTSA had closed its probe. Tesla disabled the on-the-move passenger play feature via an over-the air software update after discussing the matter ...

NHTSA, which had opened a preliminary evaluation in July 2023 into loss of steering control reports in 280,000 Tesla Model 3 and Y vehicles, said in February it identified a total of 2,388 complaints.

Carlson noted that pedestrian fatalities have increased 53% in 10 years; NHTSA earlier estimated that almost 43,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, a 10.5% increase.

Automakers started making automatic emergency braking a standard feature before any government mandate. In 2015, 10 manufacturers told NHTSA and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety that ...

NHTSA’s new regulations will eventually supplant a 2016 voluntary agreement between the agency and 20 automakers to make automatic emergency braking standard on 95% of passenger vehicles by the ...