traffic
safety
Our current system of widespread, racially disparate, and ineffective traffic policing fails to make our roads safe, especially for Black people. Many traffic stops are not related to dangerous driving or traffic crashes but are for low-level, non-safety-related violations, fueling racial disparities in policing.
Communities, policymakers, officials, and police nationwide are creating true safety on the roads, which means freedom from crashes, racial profiling, and police violence. They are ending non-safety-related pretextual stops, investing in equitable transportation infrastructure to prevent dangerous driving, and piloting unarmed civilian alternatives to traditional armed enforcement.
Featured Post
Redesigning Public Safety on the Roads
data by-the-numbers
In 2021, traffic fatalities reached a 16-year high and have not improved significantly since then.
As of 2024, over a dozen states and cities have passed legislation to restrict police enforcement of certain low-level, non-safety-related offenses.
People were Killed by Police during Traffic Stops between 2017 and 2022
less then 1% of Pretextual Traffic Stops Uncover Crime, such as Drugs
Nearly 3X pedestrians are killed in low-Income neighborhoods than high-income neighborhoods
Black Drivers more Likely to be Stopped by Police than White Drivers
Featured Resources
Substantial and effective change in our collective approach to public safety can only be driven by community voice.
