In 2022, we made an impact on roadway safety

  • Released Mobility, Technology and Safety: The Next 20 Years, a report generously funded by Allstate that explores the evolution of mobility and the implications of past actions on the future of safe mobility
  • Celebrated the announcement of the National Roadway Safety Strategy, in which the U.S. Department of Transportation for the first time committed to a goal of zero roadway fatalities
  • Provided resources to help organize more than 60 local World Day of Remembrance events and shaped the national narrative through a recorded fireside chat with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Families for Safe Streets co-founder Amy Cohen and NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin
  • Supported successful Complete Streets legislation in New York and legislation in Massachusetts to improve vulnerable road user safety and allow local control of speed limits
  • Received a $4.7 million cooperative agreement from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to support child passenger safety (CPS) and pediatric vehicular heatstroke program implementation over the next five years
  • Received funding from AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah to support the National Digital Car Seat Check Form (NDCF)
  • Secured philanthropic funding from BMW of North America, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Stellantis, Toyota Motor North America and Volvo Car USA in support of Check To Protect, an NSC-led vehicle recall safety program that identified 60,398 open vehicle safety recalls in 2022 with a 27% repair rate
  • Applauded the enactment of NSC-introduced bill, PA HB 1958, into law in Pennsylvania, which requires a driver training course to avoid license suspension
  • Participated in a child passenger safety event featuring U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and NSC President and CEO Lorraine Martin
  • Trained over 800,000 drivers through NSC Defensive Driving courses
  • Partnered with tribal communities and organizations to offer CPS Technician courses, distribute NDCF materials, and present on school bus safety and CPS training – NSC distributed approximately 200 new tablets to technicians to eliminate barriers to online requirements
  • Received funding from the Honda USA Foundation to survey and conduct focus groups among parents of school-age children to identify motivators, barriers, attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of booster seats in vehicles – insights gained will be used to increase the uptake of booster seats, identify any training gaps and inform tailored family messaging on the importance of using booster seats for children through age 12
  • Launched a new DriveitHOME series of virtual safe driving sessions, thanks to a philanthropic grant from American Honda Motor Co., to educate parents on the issues and risk factors associated with teen drivers
  • Received more than 1,200 Just Drive pledges, as well as more than 700 media mentions and 160,000 social media impressions for the 2022 Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign
  • Received $775,000 from the Texas Department of Transportation to implement Employer Traffic Safety Programs throughout the state of Texas, and trained 400 employees on drug impairment and possible countermeasures
  • Gained approval for NSC work zone safety programs in the states of Arizona, Illinois, Missouri, New York and Tennessee
  • Hosted monthly webinars for the Road to Zero network of nearly 2,000 members, providing opportunities to share resources, discuss ideas for implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, highlight speakers and amplify successful traffic safety efforts to a virtual audience
  • Launched the quarterly Countersteer webinar series to feature one-on-one discussions with leading experts and practitioners on the latest progressive thinking, research and work in traffic safety
  • Hosted quarterly pediatric vehicular heatstroke stakeholder meetings to support networking among external partners and identify new countermeasures to eliminate these preventable deaths
  • Expanded the reach of the National CPS Technician Certification Training curriculum to diverse audiences by offering a new hybrid model consisting of e-learning, virtual meetings and in-person sessions
  • Met regularly with U.S. Department of Transportation leadership on ways to advance our shared priority to keep all people safe on the roadways
  • Reached more than 6,000 adults through DriveitHOME program sign-ups, presentations and materials in support of teen driver safety, thanks to the philanthropic support of General Motors
  • Cultivated relationships with 25 new local, state and national driver education programs, advocacy groups, cities and organizations to share and engage with DriveitHOME resources, and translated the DriveitHOME parent education program into Spanish