Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Car Crashes

Why States Require Insurance Cos. to Sell Policies to the Most Dangerous Drivers

By Kea Wilson | Feb 15, 2023 | No Comments

When drivers are too dangerous to buy traditional insurance, states often require insurance companies to sell it to them anyway at steep cost. Is that a good thing for safety?

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Secretary Pete Calls on U.S. Mayors To End Traffic Deaths

By Leah Shahum | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments

In his January 20, 2023 speech to the annual U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, DC, Secretary Pete (formerly Mayor Pete) focused primarily on what he called “maybe the most acute and devastating problem in our entire transportation system….We need to talk about roadway deaths in America.” Here are a few highlights from his address.

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How Deadly is Your Community’s Streets? New Data Tool from USDOT Shows the Hard Truth

By Kea Wilson | Feb 8, 2023 | No Comments

A new federal tool helps Americans see at a glance exactly how deadly traffic violence is in their community — and how their neighbors stack up.

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The Death Toll From Cars Is Even Higher Than You Thought

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 21, 2014 | No Comments

Ten days ago, a four-year-old boy near Houston was killed when a neighbor backed his pickup truck over him. At least 50 times a week, people back their cars over kids in the U.S. On average, two of those 50 incidents are fatal. But you won’t see them represented in official crash statistics. Every year, […]

SFPD Renames MAIT Team, Removes “Accident” From Web Site

By Aaron Bialick | Nov 15, 2013 | 5 Comments

The SFPD’s Major Accident Investigation Team has been renamed the Traffic Collision Investigation Team, and the department’s website has removed the term “accident” from its contact info page. The news follows a Streetsblog post on October 21, in which we pointed out that SFPD regularly violates its official policy of referring to car crashes as “collisions.” […]

Contrary to SFPD Policy, Police Still Refer to “Collisions” as “Accidents”

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 21, 2013 | 34 Comments

Anyone who keeps track of the daily reports that come out of the SFPD’s press office might be surprised to learn that the department has a policy of using the term “collision” — not “accident” — when referring to traffic crashes. That’s because, in practice, the SFPD’s top brass and press officers use “accident” as […]

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