GHSA Publications

Each year, GHSA publishes reports for its members and partners on a variety of pressing highway safety issues.

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2019 Annual Report
September 3, 2019

GHSA's Annual Report highlights the Association's accomplishments for the 2019 Fiscal Year.


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July 31, 2019

This white paper summarizes the outcomes of a May 8 GHSA/State Farm® interdisciplinary expert panel meeting on traffic safety education and law enforcement amid the advent of automated vehicle technology.


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June 24, 2019
This report by NHTSA and GHSA's National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP) examines why riders choose to wear — or not wear — high-visibility gear.

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June 20, 2019
To assess the ways in which State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) use social media, NHTSA and GHSA's National Cooperative Research and Evaluation Program (NCREP) performed a scan of publicly available SHSO social media channels.

P2P Guide
April 12, 2019

As traffic crashes remain the leading cause of death for teens and young adults, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Peer-to-Peer Teen Traffic Safety Program Guide," prepared by GHSA, examines the components of successful peer-to-peer programs.


2018 Pedestrian Fatalities Report
February 28, 2019

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.


Speeding Spotlight
January 15, 2019

GHSA's latest spotlight report, Speeding Away from Zero: Rethinking a Forgotten Traffic Safety Challenge, highlights excessive vehicle speed as a persistent contributor to motor vehicle fatalities, accounting for nearly a third of traffic deaths each year.


Traffic Safety Impacts of Marijuana Legalization
October 18, 2018

As states consider changing their laws, it is important to take into account the traffic safety ramifications legalized marijuana may have. To help states understand these impacts, GHSA has compiled the most pertinent research into Traffic Safety Impacts of Marijuana Legalization, a succinct, four-page guide to the issue.


2018 Annual Report
August 20, 2018

GHSA's Annual Report, Highlights of Association Activity, showcases the Association's accomplishments from the 2018 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018).


Preparing for AVs
August 15, 2018

Automated vehicles will bring new and perhaps unanticipated traffic safety issues to the states. GHSA's Preparing for Automated Vehicles: Traffic Safety Issues for States outlines these issues and discusses how law enforcement and State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) should prepare for them.