Topic - National Safety Council

The National Safety Council (NSC) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental public service organization dedicated to protecting life and promoting health in the United States. Located in Itasca, Illinois, the NSC is a membership organization, founded in 1913 and given a congressional charter in 1953. Members include more than 51,000 businesses, labor organizations, schools, public agencies, private groups and individuals. The NSC’s mission is to “educate and influence people to prevent accidental injury and death,” and its vision is “making our world safer.” The NSC is nonpolitical and does not contribute to or support any political party or candidate. - Source: Wikipedia

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The National Safety Council said that an estimated 42,060 people died in car crashes last year, an increase of 8%. "It is tragic that in the U.S. we took cars off the roads and didn't reap any safety benefits," said Lorraine M. Martin, the president and CEO of the National Safety Council. (Associated Press)

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In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo provided by the Corvallis Police Department is the scene where an Oregon man crashed a Tesla while going about 100 mph, destroying the vehicle, a power pole and starting a fire when some of the hundreds of batteries from the vehicle broke windows and landed in residences in Corvallis, Ore. (Corvallis Police Department via AP, File)

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This photo from video provided by KCBS/KCAL shows the wreckage of a car that crashed at high speed on Balboa Avenue in Newport Beach, Calif., early Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2020. The driver died in the crash; a female passenger was slightly injured. Authorities said the crash was so violent that the car's engine landed 100 yards away from the car. (KCBS/KCAL via AP)

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FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo authorities investigate after truck jackknifed in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Davie, Fla. The National Safety Council on Wednesday, Aug. 22, estimated that 18,720 people were killed in traffic crashes from January through June, down about one-half percent from a year ago. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

US traffic deaths fell slightly in first half of year

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In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, photo, Illinois Department of Labor amusement ride safety inspector Brian Brown inspects &quot;Charlie Chopper,&quot; a ride in the midway of the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, Ill. Six Labor Department inspectors spent four days last week going over approximately 65 carnival rides running at the state fair through Sunday. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

Illinois inspectors climb over, under fair rides for safety

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, an autonomous vehicle is driven by an engineer on a street in an industrial park in Boston. Harvard University's School of Public Health is holding a forum on Friday, May 4, 2018, to examine how recent deaths linked to self-driving technology are causing concern about safety, and raising questions about whether the field is moving too quickly. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard forum examines safety of self-driving vehicles

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Traffic deaths fell slightly in 2017 after 2-year spike

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Stranded vehicles stand loaded with goods after the Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed, at Jammu, India, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the second day Tuesday following landslides triggered by rains, officials said. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

EDITORIAL: Unhappy motoring ahead

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FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2016 file photo, a member of the Baltimore Police Department walks past a car that was damaged by a school bus before the bus was involved in a fatal collision with a commuter bus in Baltimore. A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic recovery, a leading safety organization said Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky. File)

2016 traffic deaths jump to highest level in nearly a decade

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In this April 28, 2016, file photo, a wrecker crew prepares to flip over a Ford Bronco that was involved in an accident in Brownsville, Texas. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

Traffic fatalities continued to surge in first half of 2016

By Joan Lowy - Associated Press

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Red light camera at the intersection of Route 1 and Franklin Street in Alexandria, Va.

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