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Stop on Red Week

Advocates Brings Awareness To Deadly Issue of Red Light Running Ahead of 2024 National Stop on Red Week

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Media Contact: Shane Austin saustin@saferoads.org 202-425-2776 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement of Cathy Chase, President, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, on National Stop on Red Week 2024 (Washington, D.C.-August 2, 2024) This first full week of August is “National Stop…

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Statement on National Stop on Red Week 2022

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Advocates commends National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) President Melissa Wandall for her ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the dangers posed by red light running and the need to advance proven solutions to curb this persistent threat on our roadways.  In 2020, 928 people were killed in red light running crashes, half of which were pedestrians, bicyclists and people in vehicles other than the vehicle running the red light.  Red light running is a serious issue in need of substantiated solutions.

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Statement on Stop on Red Week 2021

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Red light running is a known killer on our roads.  The annual “Stop on Red Week” campaign by the National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) shines a spotlight on the need to address this deadly behavior, which was responsible for more than 800 deaths and 143,000 injuries in 2019 alone.

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