2022 Northwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

About the Workshop

This annual workshop helps facilitate Minnesota TZD's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Final agenda (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Welcome & Regional Roundup

• J.T. Anderson, District Engineer, MnDOT District 2, and Northwest Minnesota TZD Regional Co-chair; and Sue Johnson, Northwest Minnesota TZD Regional Coordinator (PDF)

Crash Data Presentation: I Wish We Were Still on the Plateau

• Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering (PDF)

TZD 2.0 Updates: Why Are We Talking About Traffic Safety Culture and Safe System?

• Kristine Hernandez, State Toward Zero Deaths Program Coordinator & TZD 2.0 Project Manager, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering (PDF)

Making Safe System a Reality: Planning to Implementation

• Derek Leuer, State Traffic Safety Engineer MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering (PDF)
• "The Safe System" video

Five Tips to Grow Traffic Safety Culture

A video recording of this presentation is available upon request, courtesy of the Center for Health & Safety Culture at Montana State University. Please email Linda Dolan at ldolan@umn.edu if you would like to receive a link to the video.

• Jay Otto, principal scientist, Center for Health and Safety Culture, Montana State University (PDF)
• Handout (PDF)

Wrap Up

• Capt. Mike Wedin, Minnesota State Patrol, District 3200 and Northwest Minnesota TZD Regional Co-chair; and Lt. Brad Norland, Minnesota State Patrol, District 3200 (PDF)

Workshop Goals

• Encourage traffic safety as a priority for policymakers
• Provide a method to bring traffic safety programs into your community
• Spread successes of the Northwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program
• Network with other traffic safety advocates

Who Should Attend

• Community law enforcement
• Engineers
• Educators
• Emergency medical services
• Local policymakers
• Traffic safety advocates

Credit

Attendees are eligible for 5.25 PDHs and 5.0 POST credits.

• PDH form (PDF)
• POST Proof of Completion form (PDF)

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 2
• Northwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Sue Johnson, Northwest TZD Regional Coordinator, at susan.marie.johnson@state.mn.us or 218-766-5943.