2019 Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The 11th annual workshop was held Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Granite Falls, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

Workshop Presentations

• Setting the Direction for the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU
• TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap
• The Teenage Brain and Risk Reduction: Connecting the Dots
• Older Drivers Panel – How to address the Silver Tsunami

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 Southeast 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

Workshop Sponsors

• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation District 8
• Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program