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Minnesota Traffic Fatalities

TZD Goal: No more than 225 by 2025
2024 YTD:
394
2023 YTD:
331
2023 Total:
402*
*Preliminary

News

CPS law changes now in effect

Minnesota's updated Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Law went into effect August 1, 2024. Find out what you need to know from the MN Safety Council and MN Department of Public Safety.

November 6 hotdish will explore judicial perspectives on impaired driving

Register for the November 6 Traffic Safety Hotdish! The event will explore how all criminal justice partners can provide valuable information to judges to assist in informed decisions on pleas, sentencing, and conditions of supervision for impaired drivers.

Save the date: 2025 Tribal Traffic Safety Summit

Save the date for next year's Tribal Traffic Safety Summit, set for March 25–26, 2025, in Granite Falls! The event is designed to provide education and raise awareness of crash-related injuries and deaths affecting Minnesota's Tribal communities. An optional training session will be held the day before the summit, on March 24.

TZD Regions

Programs in eight geographic areas of Minnesota coordinate regional efforts. Regions look at crash data specifics to their areas, then work with the constituents to implement proven countermeasures.

Check out your region

Toward Zero Deaths Region Map
Click a region on the map to learn more.