The Road Safety Champion Program (RSCP) is a nationally recognized "Roadway Safety 101" training series developed by the National Center for Rural Road Safety (NCRRS). RSCP is designed for staff in transportation, public health, and first responder agencies who have an interest in road safety but are not safety experts.

RSCP courses help participants understand how crashes happen and how roadway safety concerns are identified, and will introduce local agencies to improvements that can reduce fatalities and serious injuries on local and rural roads.

Who Can Participate

RSCP is for professionals and agency staff who support roadway safety but may not be full-time safety specialists. This training can be invaluable for anyone who operates, maintains, plans, designs, manages, or responds to incidents on local and rural roads.

How the Program Works

To become a certified Road Safety Champion, participants must complete (in any order) the program's 7 core training modules and at least one full career-focused pathway, as detailed in the graphic below. Blue course titles are delivered online by approved NCRRS instructors.

Clicking a blue title will take you to its course description webpage where – if currently scheduled – you'll be instructed how to register. Course titles marked in red indicate in-person training that must be completed by another provider (see sidebar).

Acquiring Your Certificate

Once you've completed all core training and at least one career pathway, NCRRS will send you your Road Safety Champion Program Certificate. For any course NOT taken through NCRRS, be sure to email them a copy of your completion cert at "info@safetycenter.org".

* Red course titles are not offered by NCRRS and must be completed through another approved provider, such as your state DOT or participating LTAP Center (see sidebar). Certificates of completion from a non-NCRRS provider should be submitted to info@ruralsafetycenter.org.