Sentence examples for rate of crashes from inspiring English sources

But they insisted the track was safe, saying the rate of crashes is comparable to that of other tracks.

Although motorcycle registrations also increased, the rate of crashes per 10,000 registrants remained the same, indicating that there was little change in driving habits, road conditions or the risk behavior of riders.

In a 2005 report, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill found that open-lunch policies at high schools in three local counties contributed to a higher rate of crashes among teenage drivers, and also increased the likelihood of multiple passengers in a car.

Other researchers have also found that the reason the rate of crashes among teenagers is so high — they account for 10 times as many crashes as middle-aged drivers — is not that they are reckless, but that they make simple mistakes, like failing to scan the road, misjudging driving conditions and becoming distracted.

Nevertheless, the rate of crashes will not equate to zero.

What's more, he says, other studies have linked these behaviors to an increased rate of crashes.

Ford and Firestone still refuse to recall in the United States the 16-inch Wilderness tires that were recalled in Saudi Arabia, saying that they have a low rate of crash claims here.

For example, both fragility (as defined by risk of death when involved in a crash) and the rate of crash involvement steadily increase with age among drivers in this age group (Li et al. 2003).

NHTSA [8] in the US estimated that at least 25%% of crashes involve some form of distraction whilst other studies indicate that the rate of crash-involvement amongst distracted drivers might be as high as 35 50 % [9, 10] the former relates to the likelihood of distraction when a crash occurs whereas the latter considers the risk of accident when distraction is known to have occurred.

A Congressional aide who insisted on anonymity said that Mr. Tauzin's committee was particularly interested in learning why more recent models of Ford Explorers have had higher rates of crashes.

Beginning in 1997, as more automakers entered the market for four-door sport utilities, Ford more than tripled production of two-door Explorers instead, which were less expensive and marketed to younger drivers, who tend to have higher rates of crashes.