US Seeks New Pedestrian Safety Rules Aimed at Increasingly Massive SUVs and Pickup Trucks DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles ...

NHTSA said pedestrian deaths increased 57% from 2013 to 2022, from 4,779 to 7,522. The agency says the rule would save 67 lives per year. Data show that nearly half of all pedestrian deaths when ...

DETROIT — 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.