Report: Car caused Ala. school bus to plunge from overpass, killing 4 students in 2006 A new federal report says a passing car ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - As gas prices rise, more people switch to motorcycles -- and the number of people dying in motorcycle ...
Fans watch a multi-car pileup on the backstretch during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 auto race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Involved in the wreck are Jason Leffler (38), Matt Kenseth (16), Erik Darnell ...
Nigeria oil tanker truck explodes, killing 14 and setting 9 other vehicles ablaze A Nigerian official says at least 14 people died when a petroleum tanker truck exploded and set nine other vehicles alight on a road in southeastern Nigeria. Nigeria Road ...
Between 70 and 80 people were burned alive when a fuel tanker truck exploded in Nigeria, reportedly after a policeman fired a shot to keep passers-by away from a road accident, newspapers said on Saturday. The truck hit a pothole and overturned ...
Highway deaths fall to record low during the first 6 months of 2009 Deaths on U.S. highways have dropped to a record low during the first six months of 2009, continuing a recent trend of fewer people dying on roads. The National ...
FILE - In this Thursday, August 6, 2009 picture, television personality Nicole Richie poses at the launch of her maternity clothing line hosted in Beverly Hills, Calif. Police say reality Richie has been hurt in a traffic accident in Beverly Hills. Beverly ...
A former inmate who spent a decade on death row died barely a month after being released from prison following a traffic accident, Texas police said Monday. Michael Toney, 43, died when he lost control of the car he was driving on ...
Deputies say more than a dozen injured when car crashes into inmate bus in Albuquerque Officials say 17 people were taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a bus transporting inmates in Albuquerque. A spokeswoman for the Bernalillo County Sheriff's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of alcohol-associated crashes involving truck drivers has declined about 23 percent since the US implemented mandatory alcohol testing for commercial truck drivers, researchers estimate. Since 1995, when mandatory alcohol testing began in the US, "the ...
In this image provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, accelerator interference caused by an out-of-position all-weather floor mat is demonstrated. Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 said it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the ...
CDC study: Drug deaths surpass traffic fatalities in 16 states In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday. Experts said the startling shift reflects two opposite trends: Driving is becoming safer, and ...
