Height Hindrances: IIHS study finds vehicle height directly correlates to the severity of pedestrian injuries in a collision
Toronto, Ontario — The taller a vehicle, the more likely it is to inflict serious injury to pedestrians in a collision, says a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). To collect the study’s data, IIHS researchers specifically analyzed pedestrian crashes to develop injury risk curves showing how speed affects crash outcomes. […]
For Walkers and Wheelers: Toronto Police Services opens first-ever pedestrian, cyclist collision reporting centre
Toronto, Ontario — Twenty-eight years after opening North America’s first Collision Reporting Centre program, located in Toronto, the Accident Support Services International (ASSI) and the Toronto Police Service (TPS) have extended their partnership to open the first-ever pedestrian and cyclist-only collision reporting centre. On March 14, ASSI and TPS began to pilot the implementation of […]
