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Three major road accidents in China killed 56 people on the last day of a weeklong holiday, including 35 people who died when a bus collided with a car on a northern expressway, state media reported Saturday.

A routine Colorado traffic stop led to the discovery of 220 pounds of cocaine with a street value of $10 million in the rental car of a California couple, police said on Monday.

Huge increases in deportations of people after they were arrested for breaking traffic or immigration laws or driving drunk helped the Obama administration set a record last year for the number of criminal immigrants forced to leave the country, documents show....

Officials said they expect to reopen the 405 Freeway on Sunday, easing the "Carmageddon" shutdown several hours ahead of schedule.

It's what you don't see on the "Carmageddon" webcam that's got Los Angeles all in a dither this weekend.

"Carmageddon" and the full 405 Freeway shutdown may not take effect until midnight, but Los Angeles police and transportation officials are urging people to stay off the freeways on Friday.

All car and pedestrian traffic has been stopped for several blocks in a perimeter around the White House Wednesday morning as law enforcement inspects a dump ...

Motorcyclist deaths fell last year for the second straight year, but the small drop in fatalities might be masking troubling signs, according to a national highway safety organization.

Red light cameras are helping drivers remember that red means stop and are saving lives, according to a new study out Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

The rush-hour commute stinks, but you know that. There are too many cars on the road, but that's obvious. What you don't know is that you're twice as likely to encounter someone caught up in a bout of road rage and that nobody in the nation spends more time stuck in traffic than you do.