OBJECTIVE: SAVING LIVES. INSURERS WORK FOR SAFER HIGHWAYS

This article reviews the role played by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the finding and publicizing of ways to reduce the losses resulting from crashes on the nation's highways. IIHS research concentrates on areas of high potential payoff in terms of reducing the losses on the highways. It maintains continuity, following up and developing leads from post studies rather than skipping from one popular target to another. IIHS first completes its work, then publicizes it, and handles thousands of specific requests annually from insurers, government officials, private individuals and others. Specific areas where IIHS has helped lead the way to advances in highway and motor vehicle safety are pointed out in this article.

• Corporate Authors:

  Smith (Philo) and Company, Incorporated

  20 Summer Street
  Stamford, CT  United States  06901
• Authors:
  • Haddon Jr, W
• Publication Date: 1984-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 2-6
• Serial:
  • INSURANCE REVIEW
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway safety; Insurance industry; Losses; Reduction (Chemistry); Research; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395830
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 102
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM