History
Drive Smart Virginia was spearheaded in 1995 by six of Virginia's insurance companies, including Allstate, GEICO, Nationwide, State Farm, USAA, and the Virginia Farm Bureau. Since 1997, Erie Insurance, Farmers Group, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Liberty Mutual, Progressive and Rockingham Group have also joined the organization.
Members of the Board of Directors include leaders from private industry, state and federal government, law enforcement, military, media, and traffic safety organizations.
In May of 1996 Drive Smart Virginia entered a private-public partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia, both parties pledging to work together to reduce traffic related injuries and fatalities.
