Video Telematics Transforms Road Safety

Road safety is increasingly coming under the spotlight across the U.S. -- at both a state and national level. Latest statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimate 20,175 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 1H 2022, an increase of about 0.5% from the first half of 2021.

The human cost is huge, and the cost of overall motor vehicle crashes to American society is a worrying $340 billion per year, according to recent insights from the NHTSA.

Reducing these overall figures is very much in the sights of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In the words of Secretary Pete Buttigieg: ‘These deaths are preventable, not inevitable, and we should act accordingly. Safety is our guiding mission at the Department of Transportation, and we will redouble our efforts to reduce the tragic number of deaths on our nation’s roads."

At a city-by-city level, more than 45 communities have committed to ‘Vision Zero’ in the U.S. -- a strategy to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries, while increasing safe, healthy, equitable mobility for all.

Roadway design, speeds, behaviors, technology and policies. It sets clear objectives to achieve a shared goal by engaging stakeholders that span local traffic planners and engineers, policymakers, and public health professionals.