Overview and Strategic Plan

• One-page overview of Northeast Minnesota TZD (PDF)
• Strategic Plan (PDF)

Annual Report

• Northeast MN TZD Annual Report 2024 (PDF)

SHSP Summary

• Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Regional Summary - Northeast (PDF)

Regional Seat Belt Data

In May 2023, the observed seat belt compliance rate in Northeast Minnesota was 91.1 percent—a slight increase from the 2022 rate of 89.0 percent.

News

• Minnesota Highway 169 task force lowers fatal crash numbers
  Northern News Now, May 8, 2025
• Local TZD talks summer traffic
  Rainy Lake Gazette, April 21, 2025

TZD Initiatives in this Region

• Aitkin County TZD Coalition
• Carlton County–Driving 4 Safe Communities
• Cook County TZD Coalition
• Itasca County TZD Coalition
• Koochiching County TZD Coalition
• Lake County TZD Coalition
• Northern St. Louis County TZD Coalition
• Pine County TZD Coalition
• Southern St. Louis County–Driving 4 Safe Communities
• TZD Enforcement Grantees (Mn DPS/OTS)

Crash Maps and Analysis

These maps show the locations of fatal and serious injury crashes in each Northeast region county between 2020 and 2024.

• Northeast Region overview, 2015-2019 (PDF)
• Aitkin County (PDF)
• Carlton County (PDF)
• Cook County (PDF)
• Itasca County (PDF)
• Koochiching County (PDF)
• Lake County (PDF)
• Pine County (PDF)
• St. Louis County North (PDF) and South (PDF)