No more preventable deaths
People call them accidents. We know better — every one of them is a product of choices — from street or vehicle design to advertising that promotes speed. We are the families who lost someone to that decision, and we are here to get it reversed.
What joining means
Members find support, tell their stories on their own terms, and push the city toward streets built so no one else is lost.
You are held first
Support gatherings and peer mentorship with people who have been where you are. Emotional support comes before anyone asks you for anything.
Your story, your terms
We train members to testify, speak to press, and meet officials — and we never share a word you haven't approved. We turn collective grief into action.
Streets that change
Safe speeds, safer road design, safer vehicles. We push Baltimore toward Vision Zero, where no death on our streets is written off as acceptable.
What our chapter does
Our chapter brings families and survivors together to hold vigils, testify at City Hall, and press for the street redesigns, safe speeds, and enforcement changes that prevent the next crash.
Baltimore Families for Safe Streets members gather at a vigil on Orleans Street
Join us
We welcome anyone impacted by traffic violence, and you decide what that means for you. Neighbors, survivors, nurses, bus riders — everyone who wants to stop the preventable epidemic of traffic violence is welcome.
Nothing is shared without your say-so.