Office of Traffic Safety

A Division of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

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Monthly Preliminary Fatal Crash Numbers

2024 Statewide Fatality Counts by Month

Number of Fatal Crashes & Fatalities

****	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	YTD
Fatal Crashes	26	21	26	21									94
Fatalities	30	26	27	24									107

Fatalities by Age

Month	0-10	11-20	21-30	31-40	41-50	51-60	61-70	71-80	81-90	91-100
January	1	5	6	2	4	4	4	3	1	0
February	1	2	7	2	2	2	3	3	3	0
March	0	4	2	5	4	5	3	1	3	0
April	1	1	1	5	4	3	6	1	2	0
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
YTD Total	3	12	16	14	14	14	16	8	9	0

Fatalities by Gender

Month	Female	Male	Unspecified
January	10	20	0
February	5	21	0
March	5	22	0
April	9	15	0
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
YTD Total	29	78	0

Fatalities by Person Type

Month	Pedestrians	Bicyclists	Motorcyclists
January	4	0	0
February	5	0	0
March	2	0	1
April	2	0	3
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
YTD Total	13	0	4

Fatalities by Contributing Factors

Month	Speed	Alcohol	Unbelted	Distracted
January	7	7	11	1
February	7	6	2	2
March	9	9	11	4
April	7	8	6	2
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
YTD Total	30	30	30	9

Number of DWI Arrests

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	YTD
1,964	1,973	2,385	2,126									8,448

Yearly Reports

Trends

Preliminary reports show there were 394 traffic deaths on Minnesota roads in 2020, compared with 364 in 2019
Crash Facts
Impaired Facts