From EMS.gov

EMS clinicians respond to nearly 1.5 million motor vehicle crashes on the nation's roadways every year. No matter when or where a crash occurs, 911 receives the call and if injuries are involved, 911-based Emergency Medical Dispatch initiates care and dispatches EMS clinicians to provide the critical medical care needed to help reduce death and disability on our roads and streets.

For the last 50 years the Department of Transportation (DOT) has supported EMS system development. Saving lives following a car crash depends on a well-resourced EMS system that can provide the right care at the right time. 

The DOT’s National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) declares that death and serious injuries on roadways are unacceptable. It sets a long-term goal of zero roadway fatalities supported by historic levels of highway safety funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The NRSS identifies Post-Crash Care as one of five complementary objectives of the Safe System Approach aimed at mitigating injuries and deaths resulting from roadway crashes.