VDOT seeks input on roadway safety
The Virginia Department of Transportation is asking the public to provide input on their experiences and concerns about roadway safety.
The results will help guide VDOT’s update of its five-year Virginia’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
A statewide survey is now open and will remain available through Aug. 23.
The survey asks Virginians to identify the most pressing safety issues within such areas as speeding, pedestrians, bicyclists, occupant protections, impaired driving, aging road users, safe vehicles, and safe roads.
Survey takers are also asked to provide insight on which countermeasures, actions, or strategies they believe would be most effective in reducing or eliminating those concerns.
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The number of traffic-related deaths and serious injuries in Virginia decreased in 2025, but they remain at pre-pandemic levels.
The Strategic Highway Safety Plan provides direction and focus for road safety efforts in the commonwealth. The steering committee that provides oversight to the update is made up of VDOT, Virginia State Police, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Health, and other state and local agencies and partners.
The updated plan is expected to be released in early 2027.