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Twin Cities metro roads have become far more dangerous since the pandemic began

A spike in traffic deaths between 2020 and 2022 erased a decade of steady declines

Roads in the Twin Cities metro area became far more dangerous after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as motorists drove faster, eschewed seat belts and got behind the wheel while impaired by alcohol or drugs, according to newly released state data.

Crashes resulting in serious injury or death spiked between 2020 and 2022, effectively erasing a decade of steady declines. Traffic safety experts and advocates say they hope the two-year period was an anomaly as they work toward an ambitious goal of cutting Twin Cities traffic fatalities from 182 to 72 by 2025.

Traffic deaths statewide hit 488 in 2021 and 446 last year, after five straight years below 400. The goal is to cut that number to 225 by 2025.

https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-metro-roads-have-become-far-more-dangerous-since-the-pandemic-began/600275064/

 

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