Welcome to the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety

The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety is a partnership of safety advocates throughout the state who have come together for a common purpose:  to end traffic fatalities and serious injuries on public roadways. Missouri’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan, Show-Me Zero, outlines the state's plan for achieving success by implementing strategies most effective at mitigating the behaviors and issues most commonly associated with fatal and serious injury crashes in Missouri. Zero fatalities is our goal. Anything else is simply unacceptable. 

Siddens Bening Hands Free Law Takes Effect

After two years in a row of more than 1,000 fatalities on Missouri’s roadways, Gov. Mike Parson signed the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law, prohibiting all drivers from using a handheld electronic communication device while driving, effective Monday, Aug. 28. To learn more about the law and what it entails, follow the link below.

2023 Missouri Highway Safety & Traffic Conference

Registration is now open for the 2023 Missouri Highway Safety and Traffic Conference, September 25-27, 2023. The conference will once again feature a diverse, comprehensive agenda that addresses emphasis areas in the state’s strategic highway safety plan, Show-Me Zero, as well as a variety of traffic engineering topics. Reserve your spot today!  

Smart Riders

Each year, several children are injured or killed in Missouri car crashes. Educating children on the proper way to use a seat belt and booster seat as well as other road safety tips is necessary to keep our children safe. The Smart Riders program is a fun-filled program designed to teach these valuable lessons.

Show-Me Zero Campaign

A safer Missouri is a better Missouri. This is the heart of Show-Me Zero, a strategic highway safety plan for eliminating fatalities and serious injuries on Missouri roadways. Through a collaborative effort of diverse stakeholders, Show-Me Zero takes a multi-disciplined approach to achieving safer roads through education, public policy, enforcement...

Buckle Up Phone Down Business Showdown

The BUPD Business Showdown is the chance for your business to compete for cash prizes while taking steps to promote safe driving practices for your employees.  Register your business today!  Then adopt a safe driving policy (we provide a sample you can use in the Employer Toolkit below).  Then, get your employees engaged (see Step 2). 

BUPD High School Showdown

Winners will be determined by the schools with the most valid entries/pledges in each class.  Entries/pledges close at 11:59 p.m. CST, Dec. 31, 2022. Winners will be announced by AAA Missouri within 6 weeks of the contest deadline.  In the event of a tie of two or more schools, AAA Missouri will notify the schools and determine the winner through a...

Missouri Coalition For Roadway Safety News

  • Hands-Free Law Takes Effect on Monday

    08/23/2023

    JEFFERSON CITY –After two years in a row of more than 1,000 fatalities on Missouri’s roadways, Gov. Mike Parson signed the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law, prohibiting all drivers from using a handheld electronic communication device while driving...

2022 Missouri Crash Statistics
Fatalities
1,057
Not Wearing Seat Belt
60%
As of 12/31/2022 (Preliminary)
*Seat belt stat includes only occupants of vehicles with seat belts
2023 Missouri Crash Statistics
Fatalities
679
Not Wearing Seat Belt
62%
As of 9/17/2023
*Seat belt stat includes only occupants of vehicles with seat belts
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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

National Child Passenger Safety Week 

Child Passenger Safety (CPS) is vitally important to protect our youth while traveling on our roadways.  One way MoDOT’s Highway Safety Office (HSO) is able to assist our citizens of Missouri in protecting their children while in their vehicles, is to purchase car seats that are distributed to those that are not able to afford these seats for their children.  The families have to meet the Federal Poverty Level guidelines in order to receive a car seat.

The HSO purchases car seats twice per year through funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), once in the Spring and once in September.  These seats are distributed to the registered car seat fitting stations across the State of Missouri.  In order to be a registered inspection station, the agency has to have at least one Child Passenger Safety technician on staff in order to educate the caregiver on the proper way to install the car seat.

In the Spring of 2023, the HSO was able to order 1,427 Convertible and 826 High Back Booster seats for the inspection stations that were in need of the seats.  In September 2023, the HSO was able to order 624 Convertible and 57 High Back Booster seats for the needed inspection stations.

September 17 -23, 2023 is the National Child Passenger Safety Week, with September 23rd being National Seat Check Saturday.  There will be car seat check events all across the State of Missouri.  The listing of inspection stations in Missouri can be found on the SaveMOLives.com website under the Occupant Protection tab and Child Passenger Safety Enforcement Week link.  The HSO also has free Child Passenger Safety brochures and CHAD stickers for car seats that can be requested at any time.  These brochures clarify the Missouri State laws regarding car seat usage. The CHAD stickers are used to put on the car seats, so in the event of a crash, if the driver and/or passengers are incapacitated in the crash, the first responders will know who to contact for the children. You can contact the HSO at 1-800-800-2358 to order any of these items.

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