Governors Highway Safety Association
The States' Voice on Highway Safety

GHSA Reports

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March 3, 2026

A National Action Plan for School Bus Safety

Drivers in the United States illegally pass school bus stop-arms approximately 39 million times each year. GHSA's action plan is the first-ever comprehensive 50-state roadmap for eliminating the urgent crisis of illegal school bus passings and the death, injuries and emotional trauma that are associated with them.
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February 26, 2026

Wake Up Call! Report Update: Understanding Drowsy Driving and What States Can Do

Driving tired can be just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs – yet one in five drivers admit doing it at least once in the past month. GHSA's updated report, developed with General Motors’ (GM) support, reveals the deadly consequences of this preventable behavior and outlines concrete steps to eliminate it.
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September 18, 2025

A Data-Driven Action Plan for Safer Roads

A new report from the Governors Highway Safety Association and Cambridge Mobile Telematics urges public officials to support and advance predictive analytics to prevent traffic deaths before they happen, marking a fundamental shift in how road safety is approached.
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March 28, 2024

A Road Map for Safer Roads

The GHSA report, published with Cambridge Mobile Telematics, demonstrates that the adoption of strong, clear hands-free driving laws correlates with reduced distraced driving rates.
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December 5, 2023

Automated Enforcement in a New Era

Traffic safety cameras are an underutilized tool in the fight to reduce dangerous driving behaviors such as speeding and red light running.
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September 1, 2022

America’s Rural Roads: Beautiful and Deadly

Rural roads are beautiful, but they’re hiding a deadly secret – nearly half of all fatal crashes occur on them, even though only 19% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas.
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