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( Jefferson City) - Despite dramatic dips in traffic volumes to this point in 2020 due to COVID-19, Missouri has experienced a 12 percent rise in roadway fatalities this year.
Traffic volumes are down nearly 50 percent leading Missouri Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna to call the increase in roadway fatalities a different kind of public health crisis.
McKenna is asking drivers to commit to buckle their seat belts, put their phones down and slow down.
70 percent of the vehicle occupants killed in Missouri this year were not using seat belts at the time of the crash. Based on average survival rates, if everyone involved in these crashes had been buckled, more than 100 people who were killed would still be alive today.
Buckling up is the easiest, cheapest and quickest way to save lives on roadways.
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