MINNESOTA TZD

Minnesota's Toward Zero Deaths Program was founded in 2003 with the goal of bringing traffic safety stakeholders together to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Minnesota roadways. Minnesota made great progress toward this goal in the early years of TZD. However, Minnesota TZD is now nearly 20 years old, and there has recently been little reduction in deaths and serious injuries on the state's roadways as well as little structure change to the organization since its inception... Moving toward a goal of zero deaths requires cooperation among state agencies as well as a way to build connections between state agencies and local organizations. The statewide TZD program was launched in 2003 by the Minnesota Departments of Public Safety, Transportation, and Health as a deliberate, interdisciplinary approach to traffic safety.