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Reduce Teen Crashes was created in Tennessee, in 2013, by iCube, a grant funded office, at Tennessee Tech University. iCube partners with Tennessee Highway Safety Office, Tennessee Department of Health, National Safety Council and many more to promote health and safety initiatives. This program was designed to educate high school students on how to become safer and smarter drivers. This program is now offered in five states!
The Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS) works to save lives by reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Kentucky’s roadways. KOHS achieves this mission through data-driven, outcomes-based strategies and effective program delivery focused on improving safety for all road users.
KOHS distributes federal grant funding to law enforcement agencies and other highway safety partners across the state. These funds support a wide range of programs and initiatives aimed at preventing crashes and improving roadway safety through education, enforcement, and awareness efforts.
Our Vision
Through effective and collaborative partnerships—including public participation and engagement—KOHS strives to improve highway safety for all users of Kentucky’s roadways, resulting in safer mobility statewide.
Our Mission
KOHS is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all citizens by promoting traffic safety awareness, education, and enforcement to prevent serious injuries and deaths on Kentucky’s roadways. We support strong partnerships that advance these efforts and help save lives across the Commonwealth.
Through collaboration, education, and strategic investment in safety programs, KOHS remains committed to making Kentucky’s roadways safer for everyone.
Graduated Driver Licensing Program https://drive.ky.gov/Drivers/Pages/GDLP.aspx
SAFERoad Solutions
https://transportation.ky.gov/saferoadsolutions/Pages/default.aspx
Road Conditions – https://goky.ky.gov/
“Together, we can ensure our roadways are as safe as our Commonwealth is beautiful. Thank you for doing your part!”
-Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Office
Vision
Through effective and collaborative partnerships, including public participation and engagement, improve highway safety for all users of Kentucky’s roadways resulting in safer mobility.
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for all citizens through traffic safety awareness, education, and enforcement to prevent serious injuries and deaths on Kentucky’s roadways.
ReduceKYCrashes.org is designed as a portal to connect schools with teen traffic safety activities available in the United States. Activities range from basic saturation, such as posting “Buckle Up” signs in school parking lots, to outreach through community events, and safety awareness days.
By providing teen crash rate data in a growing list of safe driving activities, Reduce KY Crashes raises awareness of the need for safe driving programs, provides the tools to find crash reduction activities, and awards points to schools for completing and submitting pictures of their experiences. Safety Awards are sent to the schools in recognition of student efforts to educate their peers and reduce teen crashes by promoting safe driving practices at home, in the school, and throughout the community.
Schools earn Gold by completing activities totaling 3000 points or more. Schools will be recognized on the virtual leaderboard, receive a Gold certificate for all their hard work, and earn a large vinyl banner highlighting their accomplishments in traffic safety to be hung in the school.
Schools earn Silver by completing activities totaling 1300 points. Schools will be recognized on the virtual leaderboard and receive a certificate at the end of the year acknowledging the students’ hard work.
Schools earn Bronze by completing at least one activity on the site. Schools will be recognized on the virtual leaderboard.
All schools will start the fall semester with a score of zero and spend the year working their way back up the leaderboard by completing activities and submitting them for points. Participating schools will receive an award at the end of the school year indicating their placement: Bronze, Silver, or Gold. At the end of the school year, the points will reset for the next year.
Activities are worth different point values based on two factors: how many people are involved and how much time the activity takes to complete. Individual activities and shorter projects earn fewer points, while larger group or schoolwide efforts that require more time earn higher rewards. This system encourages schools to participate in a variety of meaningful traffic safety activities throughout the year while working toward Bronze, Silver, or Gold recognition.
Reduce Teen Crashes is currently in five states and would like to work with more! If you are interested in having a fun, interactive way to introduce your high school students to more traffic safety topics, click the Onboard Your State button! Our team can work with your state to come up with site design, an onboarding kit full of designed materials, and ways in which we have made the program successful in our state, Tennessee.
