Federal regulators cited a lack of information in denying an investigation requested by the parents of children killed in certain types of truck crashes.
An anonymous federal survey on seat belt use by truck drivers follows recent fatality data showing many are not buckling up.
Improving road safety and public health is the goal of a new push to help teen drivers learn to share the road.
The NTSB found that an exemption allowing drivers potentially to use “unlimited” work hours was partially to blame for a 2021 truck crash that killed four people.
FMCSA Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi was told during the hearing on her nomination to become administrator that truck crash trends underscore the need for agency action.
Lawmakers controlling the purse strings in Congress urge FMCSA and NHTSA to take action on their safety directives in 2022.
The FMCSA has agreed to make changes to improve its oversight of state driver’s license agencies.
NHTSA’s new standing order on autonomous truck crash data is too blunt an instrument, according to a group representing the self-driving vehicle sector.
A Senate hearing on freight mobility includes a dispute over hours-of-service rules for truckers
President Biden has pledged to pump funding into state and local agencies in a bid to make last-mile freight delivery smarter and safer.
The FMCSA has declared a truck driver an “imminent hazard to public safety” after the deaths of five cyclists in an accident in Nevada.
Latest data from NHTSA shows truck occupant injuries increased by 7,000 in 2019.
