The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed new safety measures on Monday involving large SUVs and pickup trucks that aim to curb pedestrian fatalities, saying 67 lives a ...

The Brief. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed new vehicle design rules to reduce pedestrian deaths. The proposed rule is aimed at large vehicles like SUVs and ...

Data show that nearly half of all pedestrian deaths when hit by the front of a vehicle are most common for SUVs and trucks. The proposed rule, required by Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure ...

Named the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS), it’ll target all new vehicles that weigh up to 4,540kg - focusing on the bigger stuff, like pick-ups, SUVs and vans - to be designed in a ...

DETROIT -- The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickups so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries.

The proposed rule, ... Government seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive ... SUVs and vans with a hood height greater than 40 inches are about 45% more likely to cause ...

If put into effect, the NHTSA estimates that the proposed rule would save an average of 67 lives annually, and cost between $2.86 and $3.50 per vehicle for passenger cars, and $3.29 to $4.08 per ...