Decade of Death

Overview

This highway scare film produced by the Highway Safety Foundation in 1971, "Decade of Death", is a retrospective of the organization's 10 years of gory, shocking social guidance films which aimed to promote traffic safety and driver responsibility through the display of bloody and horrific footage of traffic crashes.The Highway Safety Foundation made driver scare films such as "Signal 30," "Mechanized Death," and "Highways of Agony" that intended to encourage drivers to drive responsibly and with consideration of the risks and consequences. It was the organization's belief that crash footage, while horrific, was the best way to convey the importance of driving safely.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 1, 1971

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Highway Safety Foundation (HSF),EDCOM Productions

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded