Toward zero deaths : a national strategy on highway safety. White paper No. 4: Safer vehicles.

While driver error is more frequently cited as the primary contributing factor in crashes, it may be improvements to vehicles - automobiles, trucks, buses, etc - especially in form of advanced safety technologies that might have the most impact on reducing fatalities. Co-authors Richard Retting and Ron Knipling, examine the role of these vehicles in traffic crashes and offer numerous strategies that, if implemented, should result in significant progress towards zero deaths. (Author/publisher)