November 1, 2024
The theme for 2024 is “Responders Ahead! Reduce Your Speed as You Proceed,” emphasizing the traveling public’s role in keeping responders safe while responders make roadways safe for all road users.
November 18-22, 2024, is Crash Responder Safety Week. Every day responders risk life and limb to help drivers out on the road, and each year hundreds of these individuals are struck, and many killed, by negligent, distracted, and impatient drivers. Please join us this week in raising awareness concerning the dangers these individuals face every time they stop to help our fellow travelers. The theme for 2024 is “Responders Ahead! Reduce Your Speed as You Proceed,” emphasizing the traveling public’s role in keeping responders safe while responders make roadways safe for all road users.
Every six seconds a traffic incident responder is working roadside to keep all road users safe. A small gesture from you makes the big impact of saving responder lives. This Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW), and every week, we urge you to reduce your speed as you approach and travel past active roadway incidents such as a crash, stalled vehicle, or roadway debris. In addition to being the right thing to do, it is also the law. Pennsylvania and New Jersey both have Move Over Laws, which require motorists to move over or slow down to provide a buffer for the people who work to keep our roads safe.
Learn more about Crash Responders Safety Week on the National Operations Center of Excellence webpage and follow and share DVRPC’s posts on social media throughout the week to raise awareness. Learn about Traffic Incident Management in the DVRPC region.
