Spotlight on Highway Safety

GHSA's Spotlights on Highway Safety serve as snapshots of ongoing and emerging traffic safety issues in the states.

Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2020 Preliminary Data

GHSA's annual spotlight report, Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2020 Preliminary Data, offers the first comprehensive look at state and national trends in pedestrian deaths for January-June. The report projects the U.S. pedestrian fatality rate per billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) jumped to 2.2 deaths for the first six months of 2020 compared to 1.8 during the same period in 2019 – a 20% increase.

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Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2019 Preliminary Data

GHSA's "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2019 Preliminary Data" projects 6,590 pedestrians were killed on U.S. roads in 2019, the highest number in more than 30 years.

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Rear Seat Belt Use: Little Change in Four Years, Much More to Do

As families take to the roadways, GHSA's new report notes more than 800 unbuckled rear passengers killed in 2018.

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Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2018 Preliminary Data

GHSA's "Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2018 Preliminary Data" projects 6,227 pedestrians were killed on U.S. roads in 2018, the highest number in nearly three decades.

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Motorcyclist Fatalities by State: 2017 Preliminary Data

GHSA projects a 5.6% decrease in motorcyclist fatalities in 2017, but finds that motorcyclists remain significantly overrepresented as a proportion of all traffic deaths.