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Preliminary estimates for motor vehicle fatalities for the first six months of 2021 are up 16% over the same period in 2020 according to the National Safety Council (NSC) The NSC estimate for the first six months of 2021 is also 17% higher than the 2019 figures, which tracks that and other data on injuries. NSC is a non-profit safety advocate focused on...

WDM USA’s Director of Business, Ryland Potter, has been elected as ATSSA’s new Chair of the HFST Council. Ryland takes over the helm from Cliff Barber and says she’s grateful to the previous HSFT leadership for building a community of experts on friction treatments, measurement and safety management. “It’s been a...

The Federal Highways Administration has released a video promoting Continuous Pavement Friction Measurement (CPFM) in a bid to reduce the death toll on America’s roads. “Measuring the way to a safer future” outlines the benefits of CPFM, an established and proven approach that has been used for several decades in other countries, explaining how it provides...

Isaac Briskin, is WDM USA’s new Director of Analytics.  Isaac has a background in medical statistics and a profound love for problem-solving.  After completing an undergraduate degree in statistics and a Master of Arts in Applied Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh, he joined the Cleveland Clinic as a statistician. He worked primarily in orthopedic research,...

A report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) says the UK came 31st out of 32 European countries in terms of progress in reducing road deaths over the past 10 years, with only The Netherlands making less progress than the UK. A total of 18,844 people lost their lives on roads in the EU in 2020, 37% fewer than in 2010. This was helped by...

Monae Frazier has joined the WDM USA team this summer as a data analyst intern. Born and bred in Liverpool, and proud of it, she now resides in Richmond, VA where she is currently pursuing her B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her favorite classes include software development and computer organization and...

Public health experts and transportation engineers have called on the U.S. to adopt a "Safe System" approach that refocuses road design and engineering on safety to cut traffic fatalities. The Safe System approach, which has been adopted in some forms in other countries, centers around designing roads and traffic systems to minimize crashes and reduce vehicle speeds to...

Tackling a diverse range of road safety concerns is one of the many challenges US Local and Tribal road agencies face. The Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) is asking for equally diverse experts in solving challenges “such as roadway departure, intersection safety, speed management, pedestrian and bicyclist safety” to provide technical assistance through a new Safety MATCH program. Safety...