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Implementing the National Roadway Safety Strategy

List of Allies in Action Supporting USDOT's Safety Push Reaches 196 Members

Throughout 2024, the Department announced 73 new NRSS Allies, totaling 196, who committed to supporting the DOT's National Roadway Safety Strategy and taking action to reverse the crisis that is killing more than 40,000 people on American roadways each...

FHWA Published the Speed Limit Setting Handbook.

The Speed Limit Setting Handbook provides practitioners with information on how to conduct an engineering study to set a non-statutory speed limit for a speed. The individual chapters within the Handbook provide information on factors to consider, the...

Our Nation's Pedestrian Safety Crisis

In 2021, 42,939 people lost their lives in traffic crashes in the U.S. That year, pedestrians made up 1 in 6, or 7,388, of the lives lost. That is, on average, 20 people everyday who have lost their lives walking, and the highest number since 1981.

Understanding Our Nation’s Roadway Safety Crisis

Explore interactive data visualizations to learn about the significant impact of motor vehicle deaths in our communities and where progress is being made in eliminating roadway deaths.

U.S. DOT is committed to the ambitious long-term goal of reaching zero roadway fatalities and has adopted the Safe System Approach to help address the crisis on our roadways. The Safe System Approach is the guiding paradigm of the National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), and we are dedicated to implementing the actions outlined in the NRSS to move us closer to our zero deaths goal.  

What Is U.S. DOT Doing about Roadway Fatalities?

We are committed to reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways. The NRSS articulates new priority actions that target our most significant and urgent problems and are, therefore, expected to have the most substantial impact. It also focuses on notable changes to existing practices and approaches.  

Explore our most recent accomplishments:

Explore the NRSS dashboard and read the latest NRSS Progress Report to follow the progress of key Departmental actions to advance the National Roadway Safety Strategy.