Advertisement

Typical day on Minnesota roads last year: Hundreds of crashes, at least 1 dead

On a typical day last year, nearly 400 vehicles were involved in crashes in Minnesota, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured.

July 13, 2014 at 10:04PM

On a typical day last year, nearly 400 vehicles were involved in crashes in Minnesota, leaving at least one person dead and dozens injured.

That's the bottom line of the state's annual report on vehicle crashes.

There were 387 traffic fatalities in 2013, a slight drop from the 395 fatalities the previous year and a continuation of a long-term trend toward fewer fatalities, according to the Department of Public Safety.

Among the key findings of the report:

• Drunken driving (95 deaths) and not wearing a seat belt (94 deaths) were the two leading causes of fatalities.

• Speeding accounted for 76 deaths.

• Distracted driving led to 68 fatalities.

In total, there were 77,707 reported crashes involving 140,769 vehicles during the year.

Advertisement
Advertisement

More than 30,000 people were injured.

Minnesota has among the lowest fatality rates in the nation at 0.68 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled. In 1966, it was 5.52.

Staff Report

about the writer

about the writer

More from No Section (Assign Gallery and Videos here)

See More

Kyiv was targeted with waves of drone and missile attacks overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor's land.

Advertisement
Advertisement

To leave a comment, .

Advertisement