Publication
GHSA frequently publishes reports to help its members and partners navigate a variety of pressing highway safety issues.
Directions in Highway Safety: January/February 2024 Issue
The United States is at a critical juncture in traffic safety. Roadway deaths are finally beginning to fall following the pandemic-induced surge. While this is welcome news, we as a nation can’t sit back and expect the numbers to improve on their own. Dangerous driving behaviors – like speeding, impaired driving and not buckling up – continue to kill people on U.S. roads every day.
Directions in Highway Safety: November/December 2023 Issue
Traffic fatalities are beginning to slowly decline after a surge during the pandemic, but we have a long way to go to get to zero deaths.
Automated Enforcement in a New Era
A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), with the support of State Farm®, examines traffic safety cameras – an underutilized tool in the fight to reduce dangerous driving behaviors that contribute to more than 100 people dying on U.S. roads every day. The report discusses the benefits of traffic safety cameras that detect speeding, red-light running and school bus stop-arm violations, and makes recommendations to states and traffic safety partners considering implementing or expanding the use of this proven technology.
Young Drivers and Traffic Fatalities: 20 Years of Progress on the Road to Zero
Young drivers are nearly four times more likely to be involved in a fatal traffic crash than their older counterparts, but a GHSA report confirms that crash and fatality rates for drivers under 21 have improved drastically over the past two decades – more so than for other drivers. The report includes an analysis of Fatality Analysis Reporting System data for 2002-2021, identifies the policies and programs responsible for the gains in teen driver safety and makes recommendations for building upon that success.
Highlights of Association Activity, FY 2023
GHSA's Annual Report highlights the Association's accomplishments for the 2023 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).
Directions in Highway Safety: Special 2023 Annual Meeting Edition
We look forward to seeing many of you in New York City for the GHSA 2023 Annual Meeting. Get a sneak peek at the highlights with this special edition of our Directions in Highway Safety newsletter.
Impact of Compliance-Based Removal Laws on Alcohol-Impaired Driving Recidivism
Drunk driving is one of the deadliest yet most preventable behaviors that accounts for nearly one-third of the nation’s traffic crash fatalities.
Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2022 Preliminary Data
GHSA's annual spotlight report, Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2022 Preliminary Data, offers a comprehensive look at state and national trends in pedestrian deaths in 2022. The report projects that drivers struck and killed at least 7,508 people walking in 2022 – the highest number since 1981 and an average of 20 deaths every day.
Directions in Highway Safety: May/June 2023 Issue
The latest traffic safety news from GHSA.