by admin | Jan 5, 2021 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Despite the COVID pandemic and fewer vehicles on the road, southwest Missouri’s Springfield had a record 27 traffic fatalities in 2020. Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams is urging residents to slow down. “The pandemic had a double-edged sword effect...
by admin | Apr 5, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
While passenger traffic in Missouri has plummeted due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Missouri state troopers say there’s been a three percent increase in traffic fatalities for the year. Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz says passenger traffic is down...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 3, 2013 | News
The Highway Patrol reports seven people were killed on Missouri roads over the Labor Day weekend. That’s even with last year, when seven people died in car accidents over the holiday. Two of the highway fatalities were motorcyclists. Troopers investigated 248...
by Jessica Machetta | Jul 8, 2013 | News
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 17Â people died in traffic crashes during the 2013 July Fourth holiday counting period. The counting period began at 6 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, and ended at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, July 8. State troopers worked 358 traffic crashes...
by Mike Lear | Nov 1, 2012 | News
The Coalition for Roadway Safety has a new four-year plan and a new goal for reducing highway fatalities in the state. The Coalition has set two goals in the past and both of those have been reached, most recently seeing the number of traffic fatalities annually in...