Tag: NHTSA

Washington, DC – WEBWIRE – Wednesday, March 15, 2023 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified two registered importers that they will no longer be allowed to legally import vehicles into the United States through the Registered Importer program due to serious and systemic violations of federal safety requirements. The two companies are Bisbee Importingin Davison, Michigan, and Metro Auto Importerin Clinton Township, Michigan. Registered importers are in positions of public trust, said Ann Carlson, NHTSAs Acting Administrator. These companies have the responsibility to ensure that the vehicles they bring into the country meet all U.S. safety standards and ... Read more

New study shows lowering impaired driving legal limit reduced fatalities with limited increase in arrests, no economic losses in 2019 WEBWIRE – Friday, February 11, 2022 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that traffic deaths in Utah decreased, and more drivers said they arranged for sober rides home, when the State lowered its impaired driving legal limit to .05%. In a new study published today,  NHTSA found Utah’s fatal crash rate dropped by 19.8% in 2019, the first year under the lower legal limit, and the fatality rate decreased by 18.3%. The fatality rate ... Read more

USDOT’s recently announced first-of-its-kind safety strategy provides the blueprint for stakeholders across sectors to act to address rising traffic fatalities WEBWIRE – Tuesday, February 1, 2022 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released its early estimate of traffic fatalities for the first nine months of 2021. NHTSA projects that an estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes from January through September 2021, an increase of approximately 12% from the 28,325 fatalities projected for the first nine months of 2020. The projection is the highest number of fatalities during the first ... Read more