Southwest Minnesota TZD

Overview and Strategic Plan

• One-page overview of Southwest Minnesota TZD (docx)
• Strategic Plan (docx)

Annual Report

• Southwest MN TZD Annual Report 2025 (PDF)

SHSP Summary

• Strategic Highway Safety Plan (2025-2029): Southwest Region Report (PDF)

TZD Initiatives in this Region

• Safe Roads Program Coalitions
• TZD Enforcement Grantees (MN DPS/OTS)

Regional Seat Belt Data

The SW Minnesota regional seat belt usage in 2021 was 90.5 percent. This is a statistically significant increase from the 2020 rate of 86.9 percent.

News

• Lyon County Sheriff Urges Safety with Fireworks, Boating, Weather, Speeding, and Off-Road Vehicles Ahead of Fourth of July Weekend
  Marshall Radio, June 29, 2025
• Fatal crash rates rising for older drivers in Minnesota
  West Central Tribune, May 16, 2025

Regional Seat Belt Data

The SW Minnesota regional seat belt usage in 2021 was 90.5 percent. This is a statistically significant increase from the 2020 rate of 86.9 percent.

Crash Maps and Analysis

These maps show the locations of fatal and serious injury crashes in each Southwest region county between 2021 and 2025.

• Big Stone County (PDF)
• Chippewa County (PDF)
• Kandiyohi County (PDF)
• Lac qui Parle County (PDF)
• Lincoln County (PDF)
• Lyon County (PDF)
• McLeod County (PDF)
• Meeker County (PDF)
• Murray County (PDF)
• Pipestone County (PDF)
• Redwood County (PDF)
• Renville County (PDF)
• Swift County (PDF)
• Yellow Medicine County (PDF)