NRSS
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Safer Vehicles
Expand the availability of vehicle systems and features that help to prevent crashes and minimize the impact of crashes on both occupants and non-occupants.
The role of vehicle safety performance in avoiding or mitigating the harm of crashes cannot be overstated. Seat belts and air...
Safer Roads
Roadway design strongly influences how people use roadways. The environment around the roadway system—including land use and the intersections of highways, roads, and streets with other transportation modes such as rail and transit—also shapes the safety risks borne by the traveling public. U.S....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,...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.
EquityThe Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities...