NSC Announces 2024 Road to Zero Community Traffic Safety Grant Winners - National Safety Council
Summary
As some road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and older adults continue to face growing safety risks and newly released NHTSA data show more than 42,500 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2022, grants that support new safety initiatives or grow existing efforts to save lives are needed more than ever.With tens of thousands of people perishing in preventable motor vehicle crashes each year, theres no denying this country is facing a public health crisis on its roads, said Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO, and chair of the Road to Zero Coalition. Previous grantees are tackling this issue head on in their communities, making meaningful steps toward improving safety for all road users. This years grantees will do the same, and NSC looks forward to their promising results to save lives.Congratulations to the following 2024 grantees: America Walks University of Miami BikeSafe Program (KiDZ Neuroscience Center) Massachusetts Bicycle Coalition, LivableStreets Alliance Families for Safe Streets, a project of Transportation Alternatives The Ohio State University Hofstra UniversityThe grants are awarded through the nations largest traffic safety coalition, the Road to Zero Coalition, a program managed by the National Safety Council. In 2021, NHTSA provided funding to support three years of grant opportunities for projects that promise to further the Coalitions lifesaving mission of achieving zero traffic deaths.View examples from previous years grant-funded projects. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace and roadways.