In Texas, 40 percent of traffic deaths involve an impaired driver, representing significantly more drunk-driving deaths than the national average.

Researchers at Compare Auto Insure found speeding tends to account for a higher percentage of traffic fatalities in the Southeast and Midwest.

Offices of Highway Safety in all 50 states will receive a combined $562 million in funding.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted temporary approval for Silicon Valley robotics company Nuro to run a low-speed autonomous delivery vehicle.

Tesla on Monday disputed alleged unintended acceleration in its vehicles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was petitioned to formally investigate and recall 500,000 Tesla Inc vehicles over sudden unintended acceleration reports.

This crash marks the third Tesla crash NHTSA has investigated in recent weeks.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it plans a probe of a fatal Tesla crash that occurred on Sunday in Los Angeles.

NHTSA has launched an investigation into four automakers that have a potentially deadly type of Takata air bag inflator in their vehicles but have yet to recall them.

According to a report, automaker Daimler will dole out eight figures due to a civil penalty.