As the voice of highway safety, GHSA produces periodic news releases on topics of importance to its membership and the highway safety community.
As distracted driving continues to plague our roads and kill people every day, state laws that are broadly worded to prohibit drivers from holding a cell phone under any circumstance appear to be effective in reducing rear-end crashes, according to a new research paper published today by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).
As cannabis use becomes more prevalent in the United States, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), Responsibility.org and the National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving (NASID) today released a new report that provides guidance on how State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) can better communicate with cannabis consumers about safe driving and offers recommendations about the types of messages that do and don’t work.
Today, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled a new national public outreach campaign to address one of the nation’s most pervasive and deadly traffic safety problems – speeding.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Responsibility.org have awarded grants to five states to fund proven and innovative countermeasures to enhance the identification and treatment of alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers, making America’s streets and highways safer for everyone using them.
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June 9, 2021
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Equitable enforcement is proven to spur positive behavior change, making U.S. roads safer
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and General Motors (GM) today released a new report with a singular goal: Change the social norm around distracted driving to make it completely unacceptable so all road users get home safely.
Drivers struck and killed an estimated 7,485 people on foot in 2021 – the most pedestrian deaths in a single year in four decades and an average of 20 deaths every day, according to a new estimate released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA).
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported today that 42,915 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021 – the most since 2005 and an average of 117 deaths every day. Crash deaths rose by 10.5% in 2021 compared to the year before, making it the largest ever annual percentage increase in the nearly five-decade history of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) is pleased to announce that Lisa Wagner has joined the association’s Washington, D.C.-based leadership team in the newly created role of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
