Safer People

Encourage safe, responsible driving and behavior by people who use our roads and create conditions that prioritize their ability to reach their destination unharmed.

The safety of people is U.S. DOT’s core mission. Enabling people to be safer includes actions to encourage safer...

Call to Action: NRSS

The U.S. Department of Transportation has a responsibility to make our roadways safer for everyone; we also recognize that we can’t do it alone. The success of the National Roadway Safety Strategy will require action from everyone. We need you—government at all levels, law enforcement, industry,...

2020 Past Competition

Privacy Act Statement (5 U.S.C. § 552a)

Privacy Act Statement (5 U.S.C. § 552a).

How does safety impact U.S. DOT’s work in other priority areas?

Safety is and will always be the Department’s top priority. Roadway safety is also a foundational prerequisite to our success in addressing two other major priorities: equity and climate.

Equity

The Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities...

What Is a Safe System Approach?

U.S. DOT adopts a Safe System Approach as the guiding paradigm to address roadway safety. The Safe System Approach has been embraced by the transportation community as an effective way to address and mitigate the risks inherent in our enormous and complex transportation system. It works by building...

The Roadway Safety Problem

Over many decades, the United States has experienced reductions in roadway fatalities through successful interventions like the widespread use of seat belts and air bags in motor vehicles, effective State laws such as a 0.08 or lower blood alcohol concentration limit to reduce impaired driving, and...

Analysis and Information Online (A&!)

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an Operating Administration (OA) within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) with a core mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes and fatalities. To further this mission, FMCSA created the Analysis &...

Analysis and Information Online (A&I)

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is an Operating Administration (OA) within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) with a core mission to reduce commercial motor vehicle-related crashes and fatalities. To further this mission, FMCSA created the Analysis &...

2019 UTC Spotlight Newsletters

2019 UTC Spotlight Newsletter

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