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Minnesota Traffic Fatalities

TZD Goal: No more than 225 by 2030

2026 YTD:
93
2025 YTD:
111
2025 Total:
363*
*Preliminary

News

Register for our 2026 regional events

Annual TZD regional events, held across the state, help facilitate a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries. Check out the full list of 2026 events and register for one near you! 

Tribal leaders, officials gather to address road safety

At the third annual Tribal Traffic Safety Summit, news media from Northern News Now and ABC news affiliate WDIO-TV covered the event and spoke with Mike Hanson, DPS OTS director.

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.