Pedestrian Safety Regional Summits

NHTSA is an operating mode of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). Its mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs. The Office of Safety Programs, Safety Countermeasures Division (NPD-210) advances a vision for safe people-centered transportation: bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists, school bus riders, older road users and micro-mobility users by leading life-saving research to identify best practices, programs, and policies that, when implemented, can improve safety and reduce injuries. In 2022, 7,522 people were killed while walking, a 0.7 percent increase from 2021, and 67,336 people were injured, an 11 percent increase from 2021. It is the highest since 1981 when 7,837 pedestrians died in traffic crashes.

The objective of this procurement is to convene a summit in each of the ten (10) NHTSA regions for pedestrian safety stakeholders, State Highway Safety Offices (SHSO), and each NHTSA Regional Office to discuss the pedestrian safety problem, current traffic safety trends and emerging issues and possible solutions.
During this summit, new pedestrian safety strategies will be identified and highlighted consistent with NHTSA and U.S. DOT priorities. Stakeholder collaboration and knowledge sharing will be facilitated. The summits will assist States and communities in their efforts to make pedestrian safety a priority by presenting a range of pedestrian safety countermeasures, pedestrian safety partners and stakeholders, data collection and evaluation methods, evidence-based practices, and community engagement.

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