There is not one big story line in the data that was gathered by Roadcheck 2014 – which is the yearly 72 hour safety enforcement effort across the US and managed by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. But there were several trends seen in this year’s data that…
All of the southbound lanes on I-295 in Chesterfield County, Virginia (VA) were closed temporarily on Aug. 14 after a serious four-car accident. The Virginia State Police stated that a 2005 BMW was going north on I-295 at mile marker 15 when it crossed the median and smashed into a guardrail. The car continued north…
The day that a train derailed in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia (VA) is one that few people in the city will forget. That day last April, an oil-laden train derailed and spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the James River. The track has been fixed and the area has been totally cleaned up. But months…
The federal government in Washington DC announced in late July that it was proposing new rules that would eventually phase out thousands of older oil tank cars that carry large amounts of crude oil and other flammable liquids through towns across the US. This announcement came after 17 tanker cars derailed in Lynchburg VA on…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration awarded this month several contracts worth $55 million to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute for research into driver safety, including commercial truck safety, as well as automated vehicles. According to Tom Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, these large awards…