The National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS) is a premier center of excellence for training, resources, technical assistance, and education on rural road safety issues. Funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), equipping rural communities to prevent all deaths and serious injuries on their roadways.
NEW! Free Webinar: Sustainable Safety and Vision Zero
February 27, 2025
9:00 am – 10:00 am PT
Organizations: Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals (CARSP), Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Canada
This Joint CARSP and ITE Canada Webinar explores Sustainable Safety and Vision Zero, examining their philosophies, best practices, and practical applications. Through a comparative analysis, participants will gain insights into how these frameworks complement one another and the challenges inherent in integrating them.
The session includes case studies from Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands, showcasing diverse contexts shaped by varying local needs, cultural factors, and community scales. For more information about this training, visit the ITE website.
Online Training: Road Safety Audits – From Concept to Results
March 3 – 13, 2025
Cost: $1500 – $2200
Organization: International Road Federation (IRF)
Road safety audit and inspections serve the common purpose of identifying risk factors related to road design or traffic control that may lead to crashes, or make crashes more severe. Almost 85% of countries surveyed by the World Health Organization currently report implementing road safety audits or inspections, and it is important for all road safety professionals to understand how to design and implement them correctly for maximum safety benefits.
For more information about this training, visit the IRF website.
NEW! Free Webinar: Advancement in Flood Management for Maintenance and Operations, Part 1
March 5, 2025
10:00 am – 11:30 pm PT
Organization: National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE)
The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Office of Operations is collaborating with the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) to host a bimonthly webinar series on road weather management (RWM). The Road Weather Spotlight Series webinars align with the mission of the FHWA RWM Program to inform stakeholders and improve highway road weather operations. For more information about this training, visit the NOCoE website.
NEW! Free Webinar: Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) CM 7: Safety Analysis Process
March 5, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT
Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
This training is an overview of the safety analysis process and discusses how it can be applied using two different, but complementary methods: traditional site analysis and systemic analysis. This module will help practitioners identify the factors that contribute to crashes and some of the countermeasures used to reduce them. Case studies will be presented to demonstrate practical applications of safety analysis. For more information about this training, visit the registration page.
NEW! Webinar: Get Involved! Implementing the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Safety Roadmap and Action Plan
March 6, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
Cost: Free for members/$79 non-members
The ITE Safety Roadmap and Action Plan represents a pivotal step forward in our collective journey toward achieving zero roadway fatalities. This webinar provides an overview of the ITE Safety Roadmap and Action Plan and highlight three key implementation actions aligned with the roadmap’s five goal areas. Attendees will gain insights into ITE’s Duty of Care (I-2) and how professionals can embed safety into decision-making, the ITE Safety Pledge (I-6) and its role in fostering a culture of accountability and commitment to achieving zero roadway fatalities, and Road Safety Audit Training (PD-4) as a critical tool for identifying and addressing roadway hazards. For more information about this training, visit the ITE website.
Lifesavers Conference on Roadway Safety
March 9 – 11, 2025
Long Beach, CA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 40,990 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2023. The Lifesavers Conference Program Committee is composed of roadway professionals and subject matter experts from across the country dedicated to reducing these tragedies. This conference focuses on the latest highway safety research, best practices, and cutting-edge initiatives; and explores innovative technology and strategies used to combat risky driving behaviors and save lives. View full details and register for the Lifesavers Conference on Road Safety.
St. Patrick’s Day – Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
March 10 – 17, 2025
Organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Themed material for St. Patrick’s Day encourages people to not get behind the wheel after drinking and to plan for a safe, sober ride home. For more information about this event, visit the NHTSA website.
NEW! Free Webinar: Resources and Tools for Pedestrian Safety
March 13, 2025
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT
Organization: Center for Health and Safety Culture (CHSC)
In this webinar Dr. Kari Finley will present the results and developed tools from a recently completed project focused on pedestrian safety. Understanding shared values and beliefs among transportation stakeholders is critical to growing a positive traffic safety culture, implementing effective strategies to improve pedestrian safety, and ultimately achieving our nation’s goal of zero deaths on our roadways.
The webinar focuses on what was learned from interviews and a survey about stakeholder beliefs about pedestrian safety and their understanding, support for, and engagement in pedestrian safety strategies. For more information about this training, visit the CHSC website.
NEW! Free Webinar: RSCP M&C 1: Maintaining a Safer Roadway
March 19, 2025
11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT
Organization: National Center for Rural Road Safety
Learn safety solutions that maintenance crews can implement in their regular work. The course includes a hands-on case study to equip crews to identify needs for shoulder drop-offs, right-of-way obstructions, striping and signing, guardrails, mowing, sweeping, patching, drainage, winter maintenance, and others. For more information about this training, visit the National Center for Rural Road Safety registration website.
2025 ITE Virtual Spring Conference
March 25 – 26, 2025
Join the ITE Virtual Spring Conference where the theme is Envisioning a Safer and More Resilient Future. For more information about this conference, visit the ITE registration website.
Online Training: Implementing the Safe System Approach
April 9 – May 21, 2025
Cost: ITE Member: $600.00 / Non-Member: $850.00
Organization: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
The Implementing the Safe System Approach course, a new certificate-based blending learning course, provides an in-depth understanding of the Safe System Approach and its application. This approach is a change from traditional safety practice and is based on shared responsibility, redundancy, and proactive action across five elements: Safe Road Users, Safe Vehicles, Safe Roads, Safe Speeds, and Post-Crash Care. The intended audience for the course is transportation planners, engineers, safety data analysts, public health professionals, and other key stakeholders with shared responsibility within the Safe System.
This online blending learning course will consist of pre-recorded modules delivered by subject matter experts and four live instructor-led discussion sessions. For more information about this training, visit the ITE website.
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW)
April 21 – 25, 2025
Organization: American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
NWZAW is an annual spring initiative, marking the commencement of the construction season, with the primary aim of promoting safe driving practices within roadway work zones. The key message is for drivers to use extra caution in work zones. For more information about this event, visit the ATSSA website.
NEW! Center for Health and Safety Culture’s (CHSC) Positive Culture Framework Training
April 29 – May 1, 2025
8:00 am – 1:00 pm PT Daily
The Positive Culture Framework, an approach based on research about improving health and safety in communities and organizations, builds on shared values and beliefs that already exist in a culture to improve health and safety. It addresses key skills (the how), steps in a process (the what), and the context for doing the work (the where). View full details on the Positive Culture Framework website.
For a full list of conferences outside of California, visit the National Center for Rural Road Safety website.
For questions, please contact the National Center for Rural Road Safety.