As the voice of highway safety, GHSA produces periodic news releases on topics of importance to its membership and the highway safety community.
With a dramatic increase in federal investment in highway safety as well as program reforms to provide more resources to states and communities for crash prevention, GHSA congratulates the Senate on its approval of the bipartisan infrastructure and reauthorization legislation.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) today released a new set of recommended actions that State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs), GHSA, their partners and the traffic safety community can take to support more equitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).
Ford Motor Company Fund and GHSA are extending their 18-year commitment to improving teen driving skills by awarding grants totaling $135,000 to six State Highway Safety Offices and announcing the return of Ford Driving Skills for Life hands-on driver training clinics.
For the seventh consecutive year, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility (Responsibility.org) are awarding grants to help states keep Americans safe from alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 3, 2021
CONTACT: Adam Snider, 202-580-7930
202-365-8971 (after hours)
Statement by Pam Shadel Fischer, Senior Director of External Engagement, Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 26, 2021
CONTACT: Adam Snider, 202-580-7930
202-365-8971 (after hours)
As traffic volumes rise, State Highway Safety Offices increase efforts to protect road users
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2021
CONTACT: Adam Snider, 202-580-7930
202-365-8971 (after hours)
Projected fatality rate for people walking spiked 21% for largest ever year-over-year increase as dangerous driving and traffic violence plagued U.S. roads
A new checklist released by AAA, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, GHSA, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the National Safety Council can serve as a roadmap for communities that are establishing or expanding automated enforcement programs.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2021
CONTACT: Adam Snider, 202-580-7930
202-365-8971 (after hours)
