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House subcommittee hearing: Members, safety groups and industry stress urgency as U.S. traffic deaths near 41,000 in 2023
Summary
A House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing brought broad agreement on the scale of the U.S. roadway safety crisis and on using federal funding and proven countermeasures — from design changes and enforcement to vehicle technologies — as Congress prepares to reauthorize surface transportation programs.
Subcommittee Chair Rausser opened a House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing by citing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that "nearly 41,000 people died in motor vehicle related crashes in 2023." He called the decline from 2022 insufficient and flagged changes in driver behavior and reduced traffic enforcement since 2020 as central concerns for the next surface transportation reauthorization.
The hearing drew broad, cross‑sector agreement that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL, also called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) gave states and localities sustained funding—including large increases to the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) and a new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program—but that more work remains on enforcement, roadway design and vehicle technology. "We have the knowledge and tools to respond to the urgency of the roadway safety…
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