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Introducing Version 2.0 with Heat Maps

CERS launches a new national service to help drivers identify the nation’s Top 100 “Hot Zones,” rural areas with the most fatalities over the past five years.
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What's new?

• Danger spots on U.S. 113 overhauled
• Rural Roads Are More Dangerous Than They Look
• More motorists die on rural roads
• Drivers and their toys: Unsafe at any speed?
• CERS Webinar: Behavioral and situational aspects of motorcycle collisions
• Summer Institute explores strategies for improving rural traffic safety
• Profiles in Safety: Taking a wider view
• Towards Zero Death: A National Movement
• NHTSA Web site has 2008 fatality data and new Web mapping tool
• State report: "Rumble strips" on state highways cut accidents by nearly 60 percent
• Engineers take a new line on road safety

Did you know?

Key facts about rural transportation safety

• Half of the 42,000 crash-related fatalities in the United States occur on two-lane rural roads.
• Crash victims are five to seven times more likely to die if arrival to a hospital exceeds 30 minutes. The time between a crash and arrival at a hospital averages 34 minutes in urban areas and 52 minutes in rural areas.
• 62 percent of all alcohol-related fatalities involving passenger vehicles occur on rural roads.