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Read the Latest on the National Roadway Safety Strategy 

The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) was first released in January 2022. USDOT issued annual progress reports in 2023 and 2024, which are featured below alongside NRSS media features.  

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2024 Progress Report on the National Roadway Safety Strategy

The 2024 Progress Report provides a two-year update on USDOT’s efforts to address serious and fatal injuries on our roadways, details our accomplishments related to addressing the NRSS actions in 2023, and identifies four new USDOT commitments to actions under the NRSS in 2024 and beyond. 

Read the 2024 National Roadway Safety Strategy Progress Report.

Read the 2023 Progress Report on the National Roadway Safety Strategy

2023 Progress Report on the National Roadway Safety Strategy

The 2023 NRSS Progress Report provides a concise one-year update on USDOT’s efforts to implement the National Roadway Safety Strategy, describes our initial efforts to make progress on the critical action identified in the NRSS, and shares 14 new commitments that USDOT will undertake in 2023 and beyond.

Read the 2023 National Roadway Safety Strategy Progress Report.
 

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National Roadway Safety Strategy

The United States Department of Transportation National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) outlines the Department’s comprehensive approach to significantly reducing serious injuries and deaths on our Nation’s highways, roads, and streets. This is the first step in working toward an ambitious long-term goal of reaching zero roadway fatalities. Safety is U.S. DOT’s top priority, and the NRSS represents a Department-wide approach to working with stakeholders across the country to achieve this goal.

Read the National Roadway Safety Strategy.
 

 

Press and Media Features on the National Roadway Safety Strategy

USDOT Tackles Distracted Driving, Gains New Safety Allies

Published | Wednesday, September 4, 2024

NEW MILESTONE: List of ‘Allies in Action’ Supporting USDOT’s Safety Push Surpasses 160 Members and includes 36 State Transportation Agencies and State Safety Offices

Published | Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Biden-Harris Administration Awards $110 Million in Grants to Improve Safety on America’s Roadways by Preventing Deadly Wildlife-Vehicle Crashes

Published | Tuesday, December 5, 2023

NEW MILESTONE: List of ‘Allies in Action’ Supporting USDOT’s Safety Push Surpasses 100 Members

Published | Thursday, August 3, 2023

Following New Data Showing Traffic Fatalities Remain Persistently High, USDOT Announces Over 30 New Commitments from Allies in Action to Reduce Traffic Deaths

Published | Friday, April 21, 2023

As Part of Major Push to Bring Down Traffic Deaths, USDOT Launches Roadway Safety Call to Action

Published | Friday, February 3, 2023

U.S. Department of Transportation advances key actions in the National Roadway Safety Strategy

Published | Friday, October 14, 2022

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces Comprehensive National Roadway Safety Strategy

Published | Thursday, January 27, 2022

Last updated: Thursday, October 31, 2024