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Welcome to GHSA

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is a national leader in the quest for safer streets. We provide leadership and advocacy to help State and Territorial Highway Safety Offices and their partners make U.S. roads safer for everyone.
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The Intersection

Can our guests find common ground despite some controversial topics? Watch the conversation with GHSA CEO Jonathan Adkins to find out.

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Action Plan for Safer Roads

Advanced data analysis can predict traffic crashes before they occur, marking a fundamental change in roadway safety. Our new report with Cambridge Mobile Telematics explains how.

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Roadway Safety Tenets

GHSA has proposed three core traffic safety principles to help states focus on continuing to drive down roadway fatalities through data-based and outcome-focused innovation.

U.S. Road Safety by the Numbers

GHSA works with its State Highway Safety Office and associate members, as well as a range of private- and public-sector partners, toward a safer future where nobody dies in a traffic crash.

39,345
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Roadway Fatalities in 2024
7,148
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Pedestrian Deaths in 2024
12,429
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Drunk Driving Deaths in 2023
$965,533
Funding GHSA Distributed to States in FY 2024

The Intersection 🎙️

In the second episode of "The Intersection," can our guests from AAA and Vision Zero Network find common ground despite some controversial topics and diverging opinions? Watch to find out!

We have the tools to save thousands of lives. What we need now is action. The advanced analytics we outline are validated, predictive, and provide a level of foresight that past generations of safety leaders could only imagine. This is a call for government, community, and corporate leaders to work together to help us move boldly into a new era of road safety.

Jonathan Adkins
GHSA CEO

Roadway Safety Legislative Tenets

GHSA's Executive Board unanimously approved three key tenets to guide Congressional work on the next surface transportation reauthorization bill, to maximize the impact of behavioral safety programs and save more lives.

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October 14 - 18, 2025 Oswego, NY

2025 New York State Highway Safety Symposium

The 2025 New York State Highway Safety Symposium will be held October 14-17, 2025 at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center in Oswego, N.Y.

October 21 - 22, 2025 Prior Lake, MN

Minnesota 2025 Toward Zero Deaths Conference

This conference provides a forum for sharing information on best practices in engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency medical/health services and for identifying new approaches to reducing the number of traffic fatalities and life-changing injuries on Minnesota roads.

August 29 - September 2, 2026 Minneapolis, MN

GHSA 2026 Annual Meeting

The GHSA 2026 Annual Meeting will be held in Minneapolis, August 29 – September 2, 2026.

August 28 - September 1, 2027 Anaheim, CA

GHSA 2027 Annual Meeting

The GHSA 2027 Annual Meeting will be held in Anaheim, California, August 28 – September 1, 2027.