Stability-Control Systems Save Lives

September 2006

The biggest advancement in safety devices since the seat belt may soon be required on vehicles. Stability-control systems help to reduce the risk of rollovers and crashes, and federal officials are expected to require all vehicles to be equipped with one.

Stability-control systems activate when a vehicle is not going in the direction that a driver intends. The system helps the driver regain control.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) states:

• More than 10,000 lives can be saved each year once the systems are on all vehicles.
• Fatal single-vehicle accidents would be reduced by 56%.
• Overall risk of single-vehicle crashes would be reduced by 40%.

Congress has ordered the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require the stability-control feature. A decision on the stability-control systems should be issued early next year, but it would be at least three years before the systems will be a feature on all new vehicles.

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