Governors Highway Safety Association
The States' Voice on Highway Safety
December 9, 2024
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce unintentional injuries to children ages 0-14 and build equitable and sustained systems that support injury prevention. Safe Kids wor...
April 23, 2025
Kara Macek
Kara Macek serves as a consultant for GHSA and has supported the association in a variety of roles. She also authors reports for GHSA, including widely read pedestrian safety data analyses.Macek pre...
May 15, 2025
Minnesota 2025 Toward Zero Deaths Conference
This conference provides a forum for sharing information on best practices in engineering, enforcement, education, and emergency medical/health services and for identifying new approaches to reducin...
December 2, 2024
Wilnie Petrash
Wilnie Petrash serves as the Chief Financial Officer of GHSA.She brings more than 22 years of experience in program operations, corporate finance, and administrative management, with deep expertise ...
Partner Initiatives
December 18, 2025
GHSA/Waymo First Responder Autonomous Vehicle Training
GHSA and Waymo have partnered to develop a virtual self-paced training to help first responders learn about interactions with Waymo's driverless autonomous vehicles. The course consists of three mod...
March 12, 2026
Evidentiary Oral Fluid Testing in Impaired Driving Cases: Science, Law, and Enforcement Perspectives
Join The National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving on March 17, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar featuring experts who have utilized oral fluid testing in impaired driving cases.
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Media Coverage
June 26, 2024
Pedestrian Deaths Drop 5% — But It’s Not All Good News
U.S. pedestrian deaths are significantly down for the first time in years — but safety experts aren't popping the Champagne just yet.
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Media Coverage
June 26, 2024
Number of Pedestrians Killed by Drivers Remains Vexingly High
The number of U.S. pedestrians killed in motor-vehicle crashes last year was notably higher than prepandemic levels, according to a new report from a nonprofit safety group.
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