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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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#GHSA2025

Join colleagues from across the country for the GHSA 2025 Annual Meeting, August 23-25 in Pittsburgh!

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Pedestrian Fatalities by State

U.S. drivers struck and killed 3,304 people walking in the first half of 2024, up 48% from a decade before.

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Safety Partnerships

GHSA works with a range of partners to provide resources for states and practitioners to create safer roadways.

Why We're Working for Safer Roads

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.

40,990
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Roadway Fatalities in 2023
7,318
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Pedestrian Deaths in 2023
13,524
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Drunk Driving Deaths in 2022
$965,533
Funding GHSA Distributed to States in FY 2024

Every day, 18 people don’t return home after taking a walk. That’s unacceptable. While recent incremental progress is welcome, it doesn’t disguise the fact that the numbers moved in the wrong direction over the past decade. The only acceptable number of traffic deaths is zero.

Jonathan Adkins
GHSA CEO
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August 23 - 27, 2025 Pittsburgh, PA

GHSA 2025 Annual Meeting

Be part of the movement for safer streets. Join roadway safety, public health, community, government, nonprofit, law enforcement and business leaders at the GHSA 2025 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, August 23-27.

March 9 - 11, 2025 Long Beach, CA

2025 Lifesavers Conference on Roadway Safety

The 2025 Lifesavers Conference on Roadway Safety will be held March 9-11, 2025, in Long Beach, California.

April 7 - 9, 2025 Madison, WI

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety 2025 Safe Mobility Conference

The Safe Mobility Conference convenes to create an opportunity for professionals and students to work together toward achieving safer mobility for all road users.

April 29, 2025 Baltimore, MD

2025 Maryland Highway Safety Summit

The summit is an annual meeting of Maryland safety leaders and stakeholders working together to reach the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2030.

GHSA Chair Testifies Before Congress

Chair Michael Hanson spoke about the state of U.S. roadway safety, what's working and what's not during a three-hour hearing before a key House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee.