Incredible 2003 City of Hiroshima, Japan study documents a 27.7% accident reduction for 1790 vehicles over a six month period - also standard headlight usage in the daytime increased fuel consumption on average for trucks and taxis by 0.52 mpg (3.2%) - see 2nd link at bottom of page

Use of Daytime Running Lights for motorized two-wheelers led to a 15 % reduction in fatal daytime crashes in Singapore - Article: Road Traffic Injury - A Big Problem for Global Health

2004 NHTSA Assessment of Crash Reducing Effectiveness of Passenger Vehicle Daytime Running Lights (DRLs)

Netherlands study estimates 5500 lives would be saved and 155,000 injuries would be reduced annually if DRLs were implemented in the EU

Australia's foremost DRL authority, Michael Paine; articles, studies, tons of DRL, safety links, and comments

Results from 27 years of International and North American DRL studies - DRL data collection began in 1968

DRLs European Union Study - A systematic review of DRL effects on road safety 2003 

Article on EU proposal to require daytime headlight usage

Driving with lights on during the day is a valuable contribution of the lowering of accident numbers

DRL Q&A from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Australian study on positive aspects and review of DRLs: July 2003

European Commission’s Transportation report on potential implementation of DRLs in EU + links to multiple studies

European Commission’s Final report on DRLs in EU - October 2004

Australian World Health Day April 2004 presentation: Road Safety is No Accident.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's DRL recommendations via the National Library of Medicine website

Civil engineering study of government fleet DRLs finds 28% reduction of frontal impact multi-vehicle daytime accidents

Sept 2003 study of Daytime Running Lights

EuroTimes 2002 article on EU considering compulsory DRLs

UK study estimating 10% to 15% reduction in daytime multi-car accidents if DRLs were mandated (impressive ststistics with 95% confidence intervals)

Detroit News article: GM says Daytime Running Lights saves Lives.

Safety Tips from a group of Independent Insurance Brokers

European attitudes on DRLs: Opinion of effectiveness and acceptance is growing 

Site explaining why DRLs are a beneficial safety device that actually aids mankind.

Australia College of Road Safety article

The Law Connection's article on Daytime Running Lights

TranSafety article about DRLs

July/August 2003 NRMA media release

National Roads and Motorists’ Association article/link on DRLs

USA Today Oct. 2003 article on estimated lives saved by Low cost DRLs on GM cars

Estimate of how much energy it would cost if all the US drove with their headlights "On" (at 1998 fuel prices).

Drivers.com 1990 article about DRLs and the increasing risks to driver's not using them

Estimated annual savings to EU: 24.6% less fatalities, 20% less casualties, 12.4% less multi-vehicle daytime accidents, 155,000 less registered injuries, 1.9 M less insurance claims - (slow to download)

Lame excuses against (headlight activated) DRLs

Rebuttals to Anti-DRL (headlight activated) viewpoints from a Canadian driver

The EU's November 2006 'call to consultations on DRLs' website


AllQuality's response to the EU's call for consultations on DRLs


Australia's foremost DRL authority, Michael Paine's 3 different responses to the EU's call for consultations on DRLs:

    Link #1
    Link #2
    Link #3