Safety Service Patrol

Safety Service Patrol is a ‘free of charge’ safety partner that helps should an emergency arise while traveling on a Virginia interstate. Safety Service patrol covers approximately 988 interstate miles. The service covers key areas of all major interstates, including I-95, I-64, I-81 and I-66.

• Map of the statewide safety service patrol routes
• VDOT_SSP_Post_Schedule_REV_04_2024_ACC.pdf

Services

The Safety Service Patrol provides these core services:

• Short-term traffic control and scene management.
• Detecting incidents and disruptions in traffic.
• Minimizing incident duration.
• Clearing obstructions and debris from the roadway.
• Establishing temporary traffic control for emergency responders and providing scene assistance as needed as per the Move It Law. This includes serving in the capacity of VDOT on-scene field commander as part of the command structure at the scene, and providing incident and congestion management functions until relieved.
• Support reversible roadway and high-occupancy vehicle gate operations to ensure safe and incident-free lane change functions.

The Safety Service Patrol also offers help to individual motorists, including:

• Tire change assistance.
• Fuel to get to the nearest gas station.
• Jump starts.
• Water for overheating radiators.
• Phone access to call tow / recovery services.
• Directions.

To ensure safety, SSP operators wear special highly visible, reflective uniforms and drive specially marked vehicles.