2026 Southwest 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.

Download the draft agenda (PDF).

Workshop Goals

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

Credit

Attendees are eligible for Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and Continuing Education Unit hours (CEUs) for EMS. Download the PDH credit form (PDF) and the CEU credit form (PDF) for your records.

Who Should Attend

Community law enforcement, engineers, educators, emergency medical services, local policymakers, judges, attorneys, and other traffic safety advocates.

Workshop Sponsors

• Southwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Engineering and District 8
• Minnesota Department of Health
• Minnesota State Patrol

More Information

For questions about the workshop, please contact Sarah McGeary-DeHaan, Southwest TZD Regional Coordinator, at [email protected] or 320-905-2319.