Abstract: A safety hitch for connecting a trailer to a towing vehicle, the safety hitch including a plate, that is connected between the trailer tongue and a hitch member mounted on the vehicle, to coact with the ball and socket connection between the trailer tongue and hitch member to prevent dislodgment of the ball of the hitch member from the socket in the trailer tongue. The plate has a keyhole slot formed therethrough such that the plate can be placed on the hitch member and moved to a position to engage small portions of the slot with portions of the hitch member underlying the ball for securing the plate to the hitch member in such position. Upwardly extending, apertured lugs mounted on the base plate engage the sides of the trailer tongue and are pinned thereto via a pin that passes through a hole through the trailer tongue, such hole being positioned to align the socket in the trailer tongue with small portions of the slot.