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Minnesota Traffic Fatalities

TZD Goal: No more than 225 by 2030

2026 YTD:
46
2025 YTD:
54
2025 Total:
373*
*Preliminary

News

Register for the first Traffic Safety Hotdish webinar of the year!

Join us on March 10, 2026 as we explore how collaboration is driving results in road safety in Minnesota. Register now!

Save the date 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. Register now for the West Central Roundtables! Mark your calendars for all other events and stay tuned for registration, opening in March.

Attend the third annual Traffic Safety Day at MOA®

Traffic Safety Day at MOA is returning on April 11, 2026. Join Minnesota TZD, led by the Dakota County coalition, to celebrate more than 22 years of working to improve road safety in Minnesota!

Now hiring: Safety program manager

Support safety efforts across the Center for Transportation Studies and work directly with traffic safety programming, such as the Advisory Council on Traffic Safety and the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program. Learn more about this full-time position.

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.