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February 2007
TZD credited for drop in state fatalities
Last year, 475 Minnesotans died on state roadways—the lowest number of annual traffic deaths recorded in the state since 1945.
Officials attributed the significant decrease in traffic deaths in part to the Toward Zero Deaths program, which combines the resources of state and local agencies, county engineers, and community organizations to address traffic safety issues through the “Four Es”: enforcement, engineering, education, and emergency trauma care.
Coverage of the progress—and calls for further improvement—appeared in newspapers and other media around the state.
Toward Zero Deaths is a multiagency partnership that includes representatives from Mn/DOT, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, the Minnesota State Patrol, the Federal Highway Administration, and CTS.
For more about TZD, see www.minnesotatzd.org.