2025 Minnesota Tribal Traffic Safety Summit

About the Event

This summit is 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 aims to identify strategies that will prevent serious and fatal injury crashes from occurring on Tribal lands and impacting Tribal communities. 

Call for Presentations

Interested in presenting at the 2025 summit? Submit a presentation idea by October 30, 2024. 

With questions, contact rahya.geisler@state.mn.us.

Submit a presentation idea

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.

Who Should Attend

• Attorneys
• Child Passenger Safety Advocates
• City, County, State and Tribal Engineers
• Departments of Transportation, Public Safety, and Health Employees
• Driver Educators
• Drug Recognition Evaluators
• EMS and Health Care Personnel
• Government Employees
• Judges
• Law Enforcement Officials
• Local and State Elected Officials
• Probation Staff
• Public Health Officials
• Safe Communities Coalitions
• Traffic Safety Stakeholders
• Tribal Council Leaders

Questions?

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

Sponsors

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