Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
CONTACT: Pete Daniels / pdaniels@saferoads.org / 202-408-1711 / 301-442-2249 (C) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 21, 2019 Statement of Cathy Chase, President of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, On National Teen Driver Safety Week States must take action to address the number one killer of American teens – motor vehicle crashes In recent weeks, a number of states…
read moreThis National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct. 21-27, 2018), Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) calls on state elected officials to take immediate action to address tragic yet preventable motor vehicle crashes happening on our roads. While every state has at least one component of a teen graduated driver licensing (GDL) program, no state has all six elements, as rated by Advocates’ 2018 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws. Today, Advocates sent the Roadmap report and a letter to all 50 governors and the mayor of DC urging them to eradicate the dangerous gaps in their GDL laws.
read moreDownload the Young Driver fact sheet (PDF) 0 KILLED IN CRASHES INVOLVING A YOUNG DRIVER (2019) 0 YOUNG DRIVERS INJURED IN CRASHES (2019) Young Driver Safety Motor vehicle crashes are a leading killer of American teens. On average, more than six teens were killed in the United States each day of 2019 as a result of motor vehicle crashes. Four…
read moreStatement by Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), on New Data on 2024 Q-1 Traffic Crash Fatalities June 25, 2024 | (Washington, DC): While we are pleased traffic fatalities experienced a modest overall decline in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) 2024 first quarter estimates, they remain historically and egregiously high. In just three months, 8,650 people…
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