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Traffic Engineering

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Traffic Safety

Safety is our first priority

Minnesota traffic fatalities YTD
Nov. 14, 2024 401 YTD
Dec. 31,
2023 402 preliminary
Dec. 31, 2022 444 final

Minnesota Traffic Fatalities YTD

Toward Zero Deaths
Target: 225 or fewer by 2025

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The Safety unit focuses on the engineering component of Toward Zero Deaths. We develop roadway safety plans, assess crash trends, identify and evaluate countermeasures, provide crash data, evaluate safety programs and provide reports of findings.

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