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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Transit Connected Vehicle Research for Safety
•Over 100 fatalities, with thousands of injuries annually
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•Less than 1% of total traffic crash casualties, but often the front-page news
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•Over $250M in damages
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•Bullets #1 and #2 are statistics based on FARS (Fatality Analysis Reporting System) maintained by NHTSA
•Bullet #3 is based on a 2007 study by Booz Allen Hamilton for FTA “Assessing the Business Case for Integrated Collision Avoidance Systems on Transit Buses”