Minnesota Tribal Traffic Safety Summit

About the Event

This one-day summit was designed to bring together traffic safety professionals, invested stakeholders, and community members to provide education and raise awareness of crash-related injuries and deaths affecting Minnesota's Tribal communities. The event also aimed to identify strategies that will prevent serious and fatal injury crashes from occurring on Tribal lands and impacting Tribal communities. 

Event Goals

• Solicit information and feedback related to traffic safety issues from Tribal Nation partners.
• Improve crash data sharing and discuss prevention strategies with Tribal community members.
• Share experiences and celebrate successful Tribal Nation traffic safety initiatives.
• Identify traffic safety resources available to Tribal Nation partners.
• Map out collaborative strategies to prevent fatal, serious, and life-altering crashes affecting Tribal community members.
• Identify strategies that will address the disproportionate fatality rate of Tribal Nation members on Minnesota’s roadways.

Questions?

Contact Rahya Geisler at Rahya.Geisler@state.mn.us.

Sponsors

This summit was offered by the Minnesota Departments of Health, Public Safety, and Transportation.