60 Years of Traffic Safety in the U.S.

60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT 60 YEARS OF TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE U.S. 8 1950 Seatbelts introduced 1978 Tennessee passes 1st child passenger safety law 1965 Ralph Nader writes "Unsafe at Any Speed" revealing many American automobiles unsafe 2007 Washington becomes 1st state to ban text messaging while driving 1984 Federal law sets minimum drinking age to 21 6 1998 Dual front 1979 NHTSA begins crash-testing cars and publishing results 5 1955 Over airbags mandatory 1,000,000 traffic- related deaths 4 2000 2008 Tire Pressure Maximum 1968 Mandate: Monitoring Systems (TPMS) required on all new cars and since invention 1984 New York BAC level for of the automobile all new cars include becomes 1st state 2 drivers is set seat belts at all requiring use of seat belts by law at 0.08% seating positions light trucks 1 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 1971 Yellow 1984 Mandate: cars 2004 New tests 2010 1959 standardized as lane markers asses rollover risk Pedestrian produced after April 1, 1989 to be equipped with passive restraint for driver Mercedes-Benz of new cars & SUVS detection "Fintail" implements crumple zone system offered as 1966 Department of Transportation (DOT) established 2003 IIHS begins conducting side impact crash tests an option 1980 Candice Lightner's 13-year-old daughter is killed by a drunk driver; Candice forms MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) 1953 C.F. Lombard with automobile 2001 NY implements 1st hands-free cell phone law invents motorcycle safety one of its helmet purposes 2008 vs 2009 CRASH HIGHLIGHTS IMPAIRED OVERALL PEDESTRIAN BIKE FATALITIES MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES FATALITIES INJURIES DOWN FATALITIES DOWN DOWN DOWN LARGE TRUCK DOWN 8% INJURIES 10% DOWN 16% 14% 12% 26% SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_safety: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761001,00.html; http://www.aalcar.com/library/timeline.htm; http://www.ihs.org/laws/helmet_history.html, http://www-nrd.mhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811363.pdf O 2010 http://www.osullivan-law-firm.com Fatality Rate per 100M VMT