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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and General Motors (GM) released a new report outlining their goal to change social norms surrounding distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 3,142 fatalities resulted from distracted driving crashes in 2020. It is also estimated that 400,000 serious injuries result from distracted driving crashes …
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org have awarded $130,000 in grants to Nevada, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, and Maryland towards proven safety countermeasures for the identification and treatment of drug-impaired drivers. This is the program’s eighth year, totaling nearly $1 million in funding to address this important issue. Nevada will utilize the funds to …
The Nevada Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety (NVACTS) recently released their Annual Report, which outlined the following five traffic safety policy priorities to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries that were deemed the most important based on a review of current traffic safety issues: Road Safety Cameras (RSCs) – Automated Traffic Enforcement. This policy priority …
As a measure to help eliminate impaired driving fatalities on Nevada’s roadways, Zero Fatalities has released a new campaign to educate drivers on the dangers of impaired driving. Impaired driving is one of the top contributing factors in motor vehicle crashes in Nevada, comprising 47% of total traffic fatalities. This campaign aims to educate drivers …
Hosted by Nevada Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety, the Nevada Traffic Safety Summit gathers safety partners to share best practices to reach the ultimate goal of Zero Fatalities in Nevada. We look forward to having traffic safety partners from across the state gather in person once again in Northern Nevada. The 2022 …
A cross-disciplinary collaborative team of University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) researchers will be awarded federal grant funds this year for a Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) Nevada Data Collection Project. This project will align with the requirements of Senate Bill 236 (SB236) passed during the 2021 Nevada Legislative session. SB236, sponsored by Senator Dallas …
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. Safe riding and driving practices, looking out for motorcyclists, and a commitment to motorcyclist safety will help reduce the number of fatalities and injuries on Nevada’s highways. From 2015 through 2019, Nevada lost 297 lives to motorcycle crashes on our roadways. Safe driving and riding practices from all road …
The March 2022 Issue of Nevada’s Traffic Research and Education Newsletter (TREND) includes a descriptive analysis of distracted driving citations. Distracted driving is a dangerous driving behavior associated with increased risk of serious injury and fatalities. Distracted driving can encompass a range of behaviors that diverts attention away from the road including eating or drinking, …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently published the 2019 Final File of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the 2020 Annual Report File (ARF). Nevada’s Interactive Crash Data Dashboard has been updated to include 2016-2020 fatality data. The data dashboard is located here.
Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death among teenagers. Many of these deaths are due to the preventable causes of impaired and distracted driving. YDYDYL is a prevention program to educate high school students about the consequences of impaired and distracted driving. YDYDYL was conducted at a public high school in …
