Turning hits into misses with rear-end avoidance tech

Rear-end crashes make up more than one in four of collisions reported to police each year in the US, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and many are preventable.

Low-speed rear crashes cost millions of dollars annually in repair costs. Higher-speed rear crashes are responsible for moderate-to-severe injuries and even fatalities. In a report earlier this year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated that forward collision alert technology applied across the entire passenger vehicle fleet could prevent 879 fatal crashes a year.