Pedestrian

Caltrans is the California Department of Transportation and is responsible for providing a safe, sustainable, efficient and integrated transportation system that meets the needs of all roadway users in California.

One of Caltrans' primary goals is to promote health through safe active transportation and reduced air pollution. Explore the policy documents listed below to better understand Caltrans guiding principles for making streets safer for people walking and rolling. Do you know of a Caltrans policy...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), an estimated 39,345 people in the United States died in traffic crashes in 2024. This represents a decrease of about 3.8% compared to the 40,901 fatalities reported in 2023 and marks the first time since 2020 that the number of fatalities fell below 40,000.

“It’s encouraging to see that traffic fatalities are continuing to fall from their COVID pandemic highs. Total road...

For this installment of Stories from the Field, UC Berkeley SafeTREC’s Lisa Peterson spoke with Dr. Shahram Lotfipour, Dr. Soheil Saadat, and Cassandra Saucedo at the University of California, Irvine Center for Trauma & Injury Prevention Research (CTIPR). In this conversation, they share about their Road User's Voice Project and their work to advance pedestrian safety for cities throughout Orange County, including utilizing SafeTREC’s...