traffic deaths

We are nearing the end of 2023 and the amount of traffic fatalities in the state is concerning. The Minnesota Department of Transportation are reporting 339 traffic fatalities so far in 2023.

Minnesota recorded its 100th traffic death of the year on Wednesday, marking the earliest point in a year that the total has hit triple-digits since 2016.

Minnesota already has surpassed 100 traffic deaths in the first four months of 2016

There's a big push across Minnesota to reduce the number of traffic fatalities this year to less than 350.

Traffic deaths in Minnesota have passed the 200 mark for the year. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says there has been 205 people killed on Minnesota roads.

There were no reported traffic deaths on what was expected to be the deadliest day of the year on Minnesota roads. The Department of Public Safety reported Thursday that statewide numbers were still being compiled, but preliminary reports indicate no one died on the Fourth of July holiday.

Safety officials say Minnesota's traffic deaths in 2011 were the state's lowest annual death count since 1944. Officials on Wednesday released Minnesota's final traffic crash report for 2011.

This may have been our safest Thanksgiving travel period in our state's history. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says there was only one traffic fatality in the state between 6:00 p.m. Wednesday and midnight Monday.

Two hundred people have now died on Minnesota roads this year, but the Department of Public Safety says that's actually down from the 244 deaths on the state's roads at this time last year.

Minnesota is off to a safer start on the roads this year, compared with the previous two years. So far this year, more than 100 people have been killed in traffic crashes on Minnesota roads.