Write Up:

Safety is MoDOT’s number one priority. Whether resident, visitor to the state or highway worker, the ultimate goal is to assure that everyone returns home safely.

MoDOT supports Zero Fatalities by 2030 as part of a strategic highway safety plan designed to reduce the number and severity of traffic crashes using the four key disciplines of traffic safety: engineering, enforcement, education and emergency response.

There were 264 fatalities in the second quarter of 2020.  This is an increase of 50 fatalities from the second quarter of last year. For the year, there have been 442 fatalities compared to 378 for the same time frame in 2019, an increase of 64.  The target for 2020 is 836 fatalities or fewer.       

            

Focusing on the Partnership Toward Zero Deaths, there are currently 28 counties with Zero Fatalities in the six months of 2020. 

Purpose:

The fatal number measure tracks quarterly, annual and five-year average trends resulting from traffic crashes on all Missouri roadways.

Measurement and Data Collection:

Missouri law enforcement agencies submit a vehicle accident report form to the Missouri State Highway Patrol to be entered into a statewide traffic crash database. The database automatically updates MoDOT’s crash database system, which is part of the Transportation Management System. The rate of fatal crashes charts display annual and five-year average fatality and injury rates per 100 million vehicle miles traveled for these same crashes. In addition, the fatality rate chart includes the national average.

Targets are based on Zero by 2030 fatality reduction, 1% VMT increase, and non-motorized reduction based on overall fatality and reductions.  An exception is made for instances where the baseline five-year rolling average is less than the calculated target using the parameters previously described.  When this occurs, the baseline will be used as the target.