The holiday season is filled with festive gatherings - office parties, family celebrations, and nights out with friends. While these moments bring joy, they also come with increased risks on our roadways. During the holidays, impaired driving crashes rise, and one poor decision can have life-changing consequences. Planning ahead for a sober ride home is one of the simplest and most effective ways to keep yourself, and others, safe.

(WASHINGTON, DC) — On Wednesday, December 10, 2025, the District’s Highway Safety Office kicked off the holiday impaired driving prevention campaign gathering friends and partners to Sleigh the Season Safely. The goal of the campaign is to increase awareness of the consequences of impaired driving and highlight impaired driving enforcement. The campaign also promotes planning for a sober ride home.

The District of Columbia is proud to recognize Crash Responder Safety Week, observed November 17-21, 2025. This annual event is a nationwide initiative that brings attention to the critical work of first responders and reinforces the importance of keeping them safe on the road.

Take a stroll through Columbia Heights.   Grab a Capital Bikeshare and hit the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail.   Metro to Navy Yard to watch...

Today, the D.C. Highway Safety Office (HSO), District Department of Transportation (DDOT), and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officially announced the District’s first Safety Corridors, a targeted traffic safety initiative aimed at reducing crashes and saving lives on high-risk roadways. The announcement took place during a press conference at F1 Arcade, which is located at the base of one of the corridors.

As 2024 comes to an end, the District of Columbia remains steadfast in its commitment to improving traffic safety and eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on District roadways. While fatalities have increased in the post-COVID era, a promising decrease in major injuries illustrates progress towards the goal of Vision Zero.