WASHINGTON, January 9 (Sputnik) – Honda auto-maker has been fined a record $70 million for failing to report over 1,700 fatalities and injuries to the US government, the Department of Transportation has announced.
"Honda will pay two $35 million civil penalties, for a total of $70 million, for failing to report deaths, injuries, and certain warranty claims to the federal government," the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) stated in a press release Thursday, citing "Honda's failure to report 1,729 death and injury claims to NHTSA between 2003 and 2014".
According to its statement, the NHTSA issued $126 million in civil penalties in 2014, which exceeds the total amount of fines issued by the agency in its 43-year history. Honda's $70 million fine is NHTSA's single largest.
Some of NHTSA's notable fines in 2014 include a $35 million penalty against General Motors and a $17 million fine against Hyundai, both of which were put forward for the companies" failure to issue recalls in a timely manner.
