2025 event archive — updated October 2026. National Work Zone Awareness Week took place April 21–25, 2025. Its theme was “Respect the zone so we all get home.” North Carolina DOT hosted the national kickoff. These dates and activities are historical, not an upcoming schedule. See the campaign’s history for later years.
What the 2025 week included
- April 21: work-zone safety training day.
- April 22: national kickoff.
- April 23: Go Orange Day.
- April 24: social-media safety messages.
- April 25: a moment of silence for people killed in work-zone incidents.
The 2025 event-promotion guide documents the campaign theme and schedule. For a driver briefing today, focus on the lasting message: slow to the posted limit, put distractions away, and watch for workers, equipment, changing lanes, and stopped traffic.
Keep the response plan ready
Awareness is only one part of fleet safety. If a crash does happen, use our fleet accident response checklist for scene, carrier-notification, record, testing-decision, and vehicle-follow-up steps. It is a response guide, not a claim that attending a campaign prevents crashes.
