We compiled our list of the best ways to keep your kids safe in the car with help from NHTSA, the traffic-safety arm of the Department of Transportation, based in Washington, D.

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Data for the report were compiled by the NHTSA, the traffic arm of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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In the first nine months of 2012, more than 25, 500 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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More interestingly, web traffic has increased for agencies with the launch of FirstGov: The Department of Transportation reported a large increase and the cross-agency site Disability.

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The Texas Department of Transportation said it expected to open a shoulder of northbound Interstate 37 to traffic -- from coastal Corpus Christi to U.S. 281 roughly 80 miles inland -- on Wednesday morning to help people trying to leave the city.

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