Every eight minutes someone is killed or injured on
Missouri roadways in a traffic crash.
Missouri
Department of Transportation
Highway
Safety Division
Motor vehicle
crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for
those age two through 33. A total of 992 people lost their lives
in traffic crashes on Missouri roadways in 2007 and 60,000
were injured. The economic costs associated with traffic crashes
is astounding at more than three and a half billion dollars each year in
Missouri.
The Missouri
Department of Transportation is committed to reducing the number
of injuries and deaths on Missouri roadways. As part of the Missouri
Coalition for Roadway Safety, the department supports Missouri's
Blueprint for Safer Roadways - a comprehensive guide for
reducing fatal and serious injuries on our roadways.
National
research indicates that people play a significant part in contributing
to motor vehicle crashes. In fact, a study concluded that human
factors were definite or probable causes in about 93 percent of
crashes, while environmental and vehicle factors contributed to
about 33 and 13 percent, respectively. Please do your part to
help prevent traffic crashes.
Highway
safety information
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Traffic Crash Statistics (Missouri State Highway Patrol, Statistical
Analysis Center)
