2024 Road Safety Student Art Contest Winners and Young Audience Campaign

Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the winners of the agency’s 2024 Road Safety Student Art Contest with a congratulatory video featuring U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg and FMCSA Deputy Administrator Vinn White. This year’s Road Safety Art Contest received nearly 300 entries from students across the United States.

Each year, students ranging from kindergarten through high school are invited to enter the Road Safety Art Contest and use their artistic skills to raise awareness about how to stay safe on the road, particularly when driving, biking or walking around large trucks and buses.

“Every student’s submission to our Road Safety Art Contest not only reflects creativity and imagination — but also the need for all roadway users to focus on safety,” said FMCSA Deputy Administrator Vinn White. “We look forward to proudly showcasing the winning artwork at the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington DC.”

2024 Contest Winners

Contest winners were presented with their awards by FMCSA staff in their respective hometowns.

Grades K-2

• Grand Prize — Hannah Hong, California
• People’s Choice — Alyssa Robinson, Texas
• Honorable Mention — Dylan Kim, New Jersey

Grades 3–5

• Grand Prize — Aahana Tiwari, Georgia
• People’s Choice — William Do, New Jersey
• Honorable Mention — Claire Wang, New Jersey

The 3–5th grades Grand Prize winner Aahana Tiwari (middle), with FMCSA GA Safety Investigator Bennie Cheatham (fourth from right), and the Johns Creek, GA, city council.

Grades 6–8

• Grand Prize — Saanvi Bajaj, Georgia
• People’s Choice — Aditya Yogesh, Michigan
• Honorable Mention — Anwesha Joshi, Florida

The 6-8th grades Grand Prize winner Saanvi Bajaj (middle) with Mayor of Alpharetta Jim Gilvin (left) and FMCSA Georgia Division Administrator Danny McPeters (right).

Grade 9–12

• Grand Prize — Cheyenne Chu, California
• People’s Choice — Jennifer Choi, California
• Honorable Mention — Feite Ban, New Jersey

FMCSA Young Audience Campaign

The art contest winners’ announcement also kicks off FMCSA’s national young audience campaign aimed at reaching soon-to-be and new passenger vehicle drivers. As part of this campaign, FMCSA offers a free teen driver toolkit for driver’s education instructors, school counselors, parents and other adult figures to educate new and young passenger vehicle drivers about how to share the road safely with large trucks and buses. This new resource kit includes a lesson plan, presentation and helpful digital assets for social media.

The art contest and young audience campaign are two FMCSA initiatives that bring about national public awareness and education to safe driving practices among commercial motor vehicle drivers and all roadway users.

To learn more about the Road Safety Student Art Contest and see high-resolution versions of the winning entries, visit the contest website .