About Advocates

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer. Advocates encourages the adoption of federal and state laws, policies and programs that save lives and reduce injuries. By joining its resources with others, Advocates helps build coalitions to increase participation of a wide array of groups in public policy initiatives which advance highway and auto safety.

Objectives

According to the federal government, each year motor vehicle crashes claim more than 42,000 lives, are responsible for millions of injuries, and cost Americans over $230 billion in property loss, medical and emergency bills, productivity loss, and other costs. Advocates is pursuing policies and standards that will mitigate this wasteful tragedy.

Advocates' unique alliance combines the perspectives and resources of our member organizations to implement specific strategies for achieving our policy goals. By working with other coalitions and organizations, Advocates helps to maximize effectiveness and avoid duplication of effort on numerous public policy endeavors.

Behind the wheel and driving the agenda for highway and auto safety ...

"You should be proud of the role you play in reducing deaths on our nation's roads. … I have often turned to Advocates for advice on how Congress should address highway safety matters."

Sen. John McCain (AZ)