District of Columbia

Volunteers from the "Street Smart" organization took to Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C. during morning rush hour, serving as "walking billboards" to promote road safety.

The National Safety Council is looking for a Policy Communications Director to join us in our mission to save lives and prevent injuries.

The National Safety Council is looking for a Government Affairs Manager, State to join us in our mission to save lives and prevent injuries.

City government would have to agree to allow autonomous cars on the road for the first time.

Pedestrians are now twice as likely to be killed in the D.C. area as they were a decade ago, even as more local leaders promise safer streets.

GHSA and the Ford Motor Company Fund provided $50,000 to help increase the District of Columbia Highway Safety Office engage with the city’s unhoused population about pedestrian and bicycle safety.

The District’s police department is dedicating five officers solely to street traffic enforcement, a new initiative responding to record-high fatalities on city streets, officials said Tuesday.

GHSA and GM are supporting grants to create and evaluate local distracted driving prevention programs in the District of Columbia (D.C.) and Washington state.