If the driver had a poor track record of crashes in the past five years this had an impact on their likelihood of having another crash, raising their risk by 81%.

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But in recent years, interest shifted to collision avoidance, hence the focus on driver behavior, the primary cause of most crashes, Dr. Campbell said.

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Additionally, when researchers looked at specific types of crashes in relation to how long the driver had been licensed, they found that some types of crashes occurred at relatively high rates at first then declined quickly with experience.

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It crashes, and the driver gets out and has to run, at which point the game looks a little bit like a Rockstar title.

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With up to 70% of crashes in the UK caused by driver or rider error, these measures are widely expected to help reduce the number of collisions.

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Crashes at intersections and accidents where the driver runs off the road will be initial focus areas.

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The large majority of truck crashes are attributed to driver error.

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The seats are part of the Cadillac Driver Awareness and Driver Assist packages, a combination of active safety systems designed to help drivers avoid crashes.

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Washington (CNN) -- A common benchmark in the United States for determining when a driver is legally drunk is not doing enough to prevent alcohol-related crashes that kill about 10, 000 people each year and should be made more restrictive, transportation safety investigators say.

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