Delaware Office of Highway Safety

The Office of Highway Safety (OHS) is committed to improving the safety of Delaware’s motoring public by focusing on behavioral traffic safety issues such as impaired driving, seat belt use, speeding, child passenger safety, pedestrian and bicycle safety, motorcycle safety and teen driving issues. Like its sister agencies - the Delaware State Police, the Capitol Police, the Division of Alcohol, Tobacco Enforcement and DEMA – addresses public safety as it relates to driver behavior. Changes and improvements to infrastructure are the jurisdiction of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). A Division of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, OHS and its activities are primarily funded through federal grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).