Archive of articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material about automobile safety for people in Canada.

• 2009
• Are Canadians changing their drinking and driving habits?: TIRF Poll
• Drive smart, not drunk, this holiday season: ICBC
• Auto thefts down, organized crime involvement up: List of top ten stolen vehicles highlights need for renewed efforts to combat auto theft and export of stolen vehicles: IBC
• Allstate analyzes car crash claims to rank 49 Ontario communities
• Saskatchewan Government passes cellphone legislation
• Aviva Data Shows that Auto Insurance Claims Spike After First Snow Fall
• Wildlife a hazard to motorists: Manitoba Public Insurance
• The Joint Report is 30 years old - A handy tool in a collision: IBC
• Plan for a safe ride home this holiday season: IBC
• ICBC: The top five facts you should know about seatbelts
• Insurance Bureau of Canada supports BC cellphone ban
• Ontario's new distracted driving bill takes effect: Insurers offer tips for drivers: IBC
• Canada introduces toughest testing ever for child car seats: Transport Canada
• New car seat safety website launched to save Canadian children's lives: Co-operators
• TIRF releases two new publications on fatigued driving
• The one item you don't want to be caught without in a car emergency: CAA
• CAA urging motorists to stop talking/texting while driving before law kicks in
• Are you road ready? CAA provides you tips to get ready for fall and winter driving
• Auto and Traffic Safety Measures Have Reduced Injuries and Fatalities Says AIA
• Insurance Bureau of Canada urges Parliament to finish its work on auto theft
• SGI a partner in Heads Up initiative
• IIHS - Crash tests of 2-door cars: Volvo & Ford Coupes earn Top Safety Pick; all 5 cars tested are rated good or acceptable in demanding side test
• Top five myths about drinking and driving: ICBC
• ICBC's top five tips for teens behind the wheel
• Impaired driving cases a growing challenge: TIRF survey
• Motorcycle riders - is concern warranted?: TIRF Poll
• Traffic Injury Research Foundation Responds to Federal Justice Committee Report
• TIRF launches the Alcohol Interlock Curriculum for Practitioners Website
• Graduated Driver's Licensing for new motorcycle drivers: SGI
• MPI's new system of discounts and surcharges approved today by the Public Utilities Board
• Insurance Brokers Help Educate Ontario Teens on the Dangers of Impaired Driving: IBAO
• ICBC's top five pedestrian safety tips for parents
• ICBC's top safety tips for cyclists and other road users ahead of BC's Bike to Work Week, May 11-17
• ICBC's Top Five reasons why your vehicle could be a target for auto crime… and what you can do to protect yourself
• Living benefits designates and students say knowledge is the key: Advocis
• BCAA Insurance rewards customers for choosing vehicles equipped with Electronic Stability Control
• Ontario Government: Arrive Alive - Plan A Safe Ride Home
• Ontario Government's Distracted Driving Law To Take Effect This Fall
• Ontario Government's Road Safety Legislation Passes Third Reading
• Insurance Bureau of Canada applauds federal government's plan to get tough on auto theft
• Buckle Up For Safety - Ontario Government Launches Annual Spring Seatbelt Campaign
• The Co-operators Celebrates 10 Years of Car Seat Safety
• IIHS: Roof strength is focus of new rating system; 4 of 12 small SUVs evaluated earn top marks
• Government of Canada endorses life-saving technology for canadian vehicles
• Ontario Government Says Stay Alert, Slow Down And Arrive Safely
• Ontario Government Offers Tips For Safe & Smart Riding
• Top ten excuses for drinking & driving: ICBC
• Ontario Government Offers A Few Tips For Snowmobile Riders
• Regional drinking driving trends comparable across Canada: TIRF Poll
• 2008
• I.I.I. Offers Winter Driving Tips as Most Severe Weather Months Approach
• New crash tests of small cars : good ratings in frontal tests but many models need better side and rear crash protection: IIHS
• Older drivers'   fatal crashes trend down; many say that they self-limit their driving: IIHS
• Concern over drinking and driving warranted: TIRF Poll
• IIHS: 72 winners of 2009 Top Safety Pick awards; almost every category from minicar to large pickup has a winner
• McGuinty Government proposes new rules for novice drivers
• Road safety leaders raise awareness of driver fatigue for Remembrance Day for road traffic victims: IBC
• B.C. police target dangerous behaviours at intersections: ICBC
• Many booster seats aren't up to the job of improving safety belt fit for children: IIHS
• ICBC: Smart driving saves money, helps the earth
• IIHS: Most small cars aren't economical for crash repairs: Ford Focus performs the best; Rabbit & Prius are the worst in bumper tests
• IIHS: Put off driver licensure to save lives
• CAA-Quebec launches Foundation to improve road safety
• ICBC improves road safety in B.C. communities
• IIHS: New crash test results: 4 small SUVs earn Top Safety Pick; good ratings for hybrids, but the Jeep Wrangler is poor in side test
• Impaired boating is the same as impaired driving
• Government of Canada harmonizes bumper standard
• IIHS : Federal bumper rules should apply to SUVs, pickups, vans, and cars alike
• Newfoundland parents: are you ready for the new booster-seat law?
• IIHS : Teen drivers often ignore bans on using cellphones and texting
• Manitobans have fondness for speeding : MPI Provincial SpeedWatch data
• TIRF: New resource centre for young and new drivers launched
• First IIHS crash tests of Smart car: diminutive two-seater earns top ratings for protecting people in front & side crashes
• ICBC targets speeders in month-long campaign: 8,200 speed-related crashes reported in 2006
• Drivers 50 to 64 lead the pack for vehicle maintenance, Be Car Care Aware Survey finds
• IIHS: New crash tests of midsize cars: protection in side impacts improves, but most cars tested still afford marginal or poor protection in rear crashes
• Ontario kicks off annual spring seatbelt campaign
• ICBC improves road safety across B.C.
• IIHS News Release: New crash tests of SUVs: Nissan Murano is Top Safety Pick; 3 SUVs are marginal or poor for protection in side crashes
• Highway Safety Roundtable releases report on driver fatigue impairment
• MPI offers free car-seat inspection clinics to parents
• Ontario students and Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario partner in campaign against drugs and driving
• Saskatchewan proclaims snowmobile safety week
• IIHS: Minivan bumper test results: Nissan Quest is by far the worst performer
• 2007
• Last call before you hit the road! Call a friend, a parent, a cab or Operation Red Nose
• IIHS: 2008 winners of Top Safety Pick award - number of winners increases; pickups eligible for first time
• The I.I.I. Offers Tips to Avoid Deer-Related Collisions
• IIHS: New crash tests: some midsize SUVs perform worse than many cars in side tests
• La Capitale General Insurance partners with Michelin to increase safety awareness on wintry roads
• Hospital admissions for ATV injuries up 25% in less than a decade: CIHI
• Manitoba Driver Ed Challenge tests driving skills and knowledge of novice drivers
• Over two million Canadians drive aggressively: poll
• New side tests of large luxury cars: luxury doesn't always buy safety, reports IIHS
• Bumpers on luxury cars aren't luxurious: worst is Infiniti G35; 4 of 11 cars sustain more than $10,000 damage in 4 minor bumps: Reports IIHS
• Public Support for Automated Traffic Enforcement is Strong and Growing Findings From a New IRC Study
• A wake-up call for Ontario drivers: new poll on fatigued and drowsy driving reveals serious problem
• IIHS: Rear crash protection in SUVs, pickup trucks, & minivans: most of their seat/head restraints are marginal or poor
• Avoid high-risk driving to stay safe this Canada Day long weekend: ICBC says bad driving habits affect everyone's insurance rates
• 1st time IIHS tests convertibles: Saab & Volvo models are top performers; 3 are marginal in side impact test
• Transport Canada Encourages Canadian Youth To Get Hooked on Road Safety
• The real truth about drugged driving, by Robyn Robertson, President, TIRF
• D.U.M.B. Struck Tour 2007 hits the road: Insurance Bureau of Canada takes driver distraction simulators across Ontario this summer to help combat distracted driving
• SGI provides funding to Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region sleep disorders program
• Drinking? Driving? RoadWatch will be there: MPIC
• Manitoba Road Safety Week shifts into gear: RCMP, Winnipeg Police and Manitoba Public Insurance
• New Acura and Ford models are top performers in crash tests: IIHS
• ICBC rear-crash protection ratings of 2007 model passenger cars
• ICBC calls for changes to bad driving habits
• First results of new crash tests: most car bumpers don't work in low-speed crashes: IIHS
• 2005 Canadian Motor Vehicle Traffic Collision Statistics: Transport Canada
• Canada's home, car and business insurers aim to change behaviour of drivers
• First crash tests of minicars: Nissan Versa earns the highest overall rating; three minicars earn poor ratings in side tests: IIHS Test Results
• Renewed efforts needed to curb drunk driving: TIRF poll
• 2006
• Allstate Insurance Company and MADD Canada team up again to remind Canadians to drive sober through the holiday season
• IIHS: 2007 TOP SAFETY PICK award winners: award criteria are tougher; SUVs eligible for first time
• SGI: Message boards will alert drivers of poor road conditions
• Manitoba Public Insurance and City of Winnipeg unveil new electronic warning signs to increase awareness of highest risk wildlife zones
• IBC: Canada's home, car, and business insurers sponsor Operation Red Nose to combat impaired driving during holidays
• TIRF releases educational primer for judges on ignition interlocks
• Side airbags substantially reduce death risk in cars & SUVs; those that protect people's heads are especially effective: IIHS
• Unsafe speed is the leading contributing factor in BC fatal crashes: ICBC
• Deer season creates hazardous driving conditions: Tips to avoid deer-related collisions
• One person, one seatbelt: McGuinty Government tightens seatbelt laws
• SGI helps introduce No Regrets program launched in Saskatchewan schools
• IIHS: Teen drivers' crash rates go down significantly under provisions of California's graduated licensing law
• A 'Flare' For Rescue: Canadian Safe Boating Council
• Declining death rates due to safer vehicles, not better drivers or improved roadways: IIHS
• Informed Boaters are Safer Boaters: Canadian Safe Boating Council
• Canadian Vehicle Enhancements To Be Made Through Agreements With Manufacturers: Transport Canada
• Medical students biking across Canada for helmet safety to receive $20,000 boost from Canada's home, car and business insurers
• IIHS researchers have found that Electronic stability control (ESC) could prevent nearly one-third of all fatal crashes
• Keeping a Weather Eye Out: Canadian Safe Boating Council
• SGI: Preliminary 2005 casualty collision statistics for Saskatchewan released
• AAA Foundation Study Shows Communities with Nighttime and Passenger Restrictions for Teen Drivers Have 20 Percent Lower Death and Injury Crash Rate for 16-Year-Old Drivers
• IIHS: Electronic stability control could prevent nearly one-third of all fatal crashes and reduce rollover risk by as much as 80%; effect is found on single- and multiple-vehicle crashes
• Auto Safety Information and Tips Wearing a bicycle helmet can reduce serious head injury by 85%
• When it comes to heavy vehicles, watch out for blind spots. . . and save your life!
• It Doesn’t Mix with Water: Canadian Safe Boating Council
• Canadian Safe Boating Council: Wear It! (Yea, we’ve told you before) but It Floats, Will You?
• Be Safely Seated: Tips for Ensuring Children are Protected in your Vehicle - Cooperators
• Transport Canada and Canadian Safe Boating Council Launch Safe Boating Awareness Week with a Splash!
• International Conference on Distracted Driving: Proceedings and Recommendations (from TIRF and CAA)
• Progressive Insurance Survey: Boating Blunders
• Driving tired potentially as risky as driving drunk: Highway Safety Roundtable
• Michelin Spring Driving Survey: Ipsos-Reid
• IIHS: Crash tests of small cars & minivans: 2 earn the Institute's TOP SAFETY PICK award; 1st Institute test results for Prius hybrid
• Using Beginner drivers needed to complete driver distraction study at University of Calgary: IBC Sponsors Study
• Transport Canada Surveys Show More Canadians Than Ever Using Seatbelts
• Manitoba Public Insurance hails growth in seatbelt use and pledges to get the final few to buckle up
• Canadian Trucking Alliance Wants to Put the Brakes on Speeding Trucks
• Rollover simulator shows seatbelts save lives: SGI
• IIHS - New crash tests of midsize cars: BMW 3 series & Lexus IS earn 'Top Safety Pick', but new Ford Fusion disappoints
• Young drivers account for 1 in 4 fatalities on the road: Royal & SunAlliance supports Drive for Life Program
• SGI Provides Funding to Sleep Disorders Centre
• Manitoba Public Insurance anti-theft program attracts thousands - but not those most at risk
• ICBC improves road safety across the province ­ January 18
• Transport Canada: The Results are in - Road Collisions Down Again in 2004
• Insurance Corporation of British Columbia rates 2006 SUVs & trucks poorly in rear-end-collision protection
• IIHS - Rear Crash Protection in SUVs & Pickups: Most Seat/Head Restraints Would Do A Poor Job of Protecting Poeple's Necks In Rear-End Crashes
• Operation Red Nose brings 6,575 people home safely this holiday season: Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Even one or two drinks can impair your judgement - ICBC
• 2005
• Fewer Canadians taking the wheel after drinking, but problem far from fixed: TIRF poll
• SGI recognizes its "Platinum" customers
• First Selection of Top Safety Picks: Insurance Institute for Highway Safeth (IIHS) Announces 10 Car Designs That Win
• SGI: New amendments target impaired drivers
• IIHS: Audi, Ford, Subaru, and VW Cars Earn Good Ratings in Both Front and Side Crash Tests
• ICBC program gets results, stop sign study confirms ­ - ICBC working with cities to calm residential streets
• Canada's home, car and business insurers announce sponsorship of
• Ontario government targets aggressive drivers
• BC Drivers challenged to make October Zero Crash Month - Big prizes for individuals and registered communities: ICBC
• TIRF: Tackling the issue of distracted driving
• Be Bright-Think Right: School Bus Safety - Join our school bus safety team - Transport Canada
• Ontario government brochure to help drivers avoid collisions with wildlife
• Ontario parents: are you ready for the new booster seat law?
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: 1 Million Crash Injuries Occur in the United States each Year on Urban, Suburban Roads - Reducing These Crashes Doesn't have to Cost a Lot & Disrupt Traffice; Can Be Simple
• Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador to Invest More Than $1 Million in Intelligent Transportation Systems
• IIHS - Front and Side Crash Test Results: 2 good Performers - Automakers are acting quickly to Improve Side Impact
• ICBC and police launch new Speed and Aggressive Driving Campaign
• IIHS - 1st Evidence of Effects of Cell Phone Use on Injury Crashes: Crash risk is Four Times Higher When Driver is Using a Hand-Held Cell
• IIHS - New Frontal Crash Test Results for 8 Cars: Large Family & Luxury Cars are Good; Most Earn "Best Pick"
• Insurance Corporation of British Columbia warns motorcyclists and drivers to use extra caution this summer
• IIHS - New Crash Test Results: Volkswagen new Jetta aces Side Impact Test; also earns good rating in Frontal Test
• Insurance Bureau of Canada and University of Calgary launch driver-distraction study on cell-phone use among new drivers
• How do you tell Mom or Dad it’s no longer safe for them to drive?
• Electronic Vehicle Identification for Canada: EVI Management Group
• Immobilizers won’t stop car theft or aid vehicle recovery : Boomerang Tracking Inc.
• Insurance Bureau of Canada encourages Minister Lapierre to implement tougher Canadian standards for vehicle immobilizers
• Review Quantifies Lives Saved on Canada’s Roads in Last Twenty Years: MADD Canada
• Primary Safety Belt Laws Would Save 700 Lives Per Year in USA: IIHS
• 2004
• Use your head! Prevent whiplash! Car makers only partially responsible for injury prevention: Insurance Bureau of Canada
• Allstate continues partnership with MADD Canada for road safety
• New testing ranks passenger protection in rear-end crashes: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
• Electronic Stability Control Found Effective - Main Effect is to Reduce Single-Vehicle Crash Risk: IIHS
• Hundreds of Manitobans injured due to auto collisions with wildlife: MPIC
• Road crashes the leading killer of teens but poll finds Canadians not concerned: Toyota and TIRF
• J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Stricter Automotive Safety Regulations Will Nearly Double the Demand for Airbags by 2011
• Local partners joins youth oriented BC road safety program: C.A.R.S.BC and Thrifty Foods
• Motorcycle crash study shatters myths and highlights increased risks: MPIC
• Lessons Learned from Hurricane Charley; Progressive Offers Tips to Keep Drivers and Vehicles Safe From Storms and Flooding
• Second annual Manitoba Public Insurance Driver Ed Challenge shifts into gear
• Roundabout opening in Surrey 8th Ave aims to reduce crashes: ICBC
• IIHS: Huge Costs of Mismatched Bumpers: When Bumpers on Cars and SUVs Don't Line Up, Low Speed Collisions Produce More Damage and Higher Repair Costs
• Back to School for Students, Drivers: ICBC
• Young drivers targeted by auto thieves and vandals: Manitoba Public Insurance
• Residential neighborhoods targeted by auto thieves: Manitoba Public Insurance
• Canadians On Summer Driving Issues: Ipsos-Reid Survey
• Allstate and MADD Canada to 'Save a Life' through summer sober driving campaign
• Insurance industry launches New Brunswick road safety initiative: IBC
• Driving Instructors Tell Parents: Practice Practice Practice: I Promise Program
• Allstate spreads message against drunk driving at critical, high-risk time of year
• BC drivers challenged to reduce crashes in May: ICBC
• Drinking? Driving? RoadWatch will be there: Manitoba
• With Spring, our thoughts turn to Prom... and safe driving: I Promise Program
• 2002 Annual Report for Road Safety Vision 2010 Released: Transport Canada
• Manitoba Public Insurance supports World Health Day 2004
• Keeping Young Drivers Safer Just Got Easier.....I Promise Program
• 5 of 6 Midsize Cars Earn Low Ratings in 5mph Crashes to Test the Bumpers: IIHS
• Crash Tests are Good Predictor of what will Happen to Occupants of Vehicles in On-road Crashes: IIHS
• 2003
• New 40 MPH Crash Test Results: 8 of 9 Midsize SUV's Earn Top Rating of Good: IIHS
• Head Restraints are Much Better than They Used to be: Most Still Need to be Adjusted to protect the Neck: IIHS
• U.S. Insurance Company Data Pinpoints Most Dangerous Times for Driving: Progressive
• Canadians Concerned About Young Drivers Despite Decrease in Youth-Related Casualties, Poll by TIRF, Toyota Grant
• Fort St. John campaign raises awareness of rear end collisions: ICBC
• Canadian solution to rising insurance rates is reducing crashes ­ in the US: I Promise Program
• Your Car - Ready for a Teen Driver? - I Promise Program
• IBC commissions students to promote unique Ontario headrest road safety program
• One Size Child Car Seats Doesn't Fit All: The Co-operators
• New safe driving program hits objectives - “Perfect driving”: I Promise Program
• 2002
• Understanding teen driver car crashes and what parents can do: I Promise Program editorial.
• IBC launches three-year national road safety awareness campaign: headrests
• Does your teen know what to do in the event of a car crash? Do you? -- I Promise Program
• Child seat information and ratings available on icbc.com
• Teen drivers and child passenger safety - The Experts Respond: I Promise Program Survey
• Auto Safety Basics and FAQs
• A Simple Adjustment Can Reduce Pain and Cost of Neck Injuries: Progressive Insurance
• Seatbelts Save Lives
• The straight goods on skidding
• Twinkle, twinkle dashboard lights: what do those warnings mean?
• Right-of-Way Refresher Course
• Running on Empty: What to do when you're Out of Gas