Northeast Minnesota TZD

Northeast TZD includes the counties of Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis, and Pine.

Overview and Strategic Plan

DWI enforcement even tougher after ‘Little Alan’s Law’ (Mesabi Daily News, August 16, 2018)
Minnesota’s Toward Zero Deaths initiative successful, striving for more (Duluth News Tribune, June 11, 2017)
Workshop continues work 'Toward Zero Deaths' (FOX 21 News, May 31, 2017)
MN organization trying to crack down on fatal crashes (KBJR 6 News, May 31, 2017)
Pedestrian deaths across state reach 25-year high (Aitkin Independent Age, Jan. 26, 2017)
TZD hosts on-air alcohol drinking experiment (Aitkin Independent Age, Dec. 17, 2016)
Too much of a hurry or inattentiveness? (Aitkin Independent Age, Nov. 23, 2016)
Biz Buzz for Nov. 21, 2016 (Duluth News Tribune, November 20, 2016)
TZD Coalition holds car seat clinic (Aitkin Independent Age, Oct. 12, 2016)
Mock fatal crash leaves impact on McGregor students (Aitkin Independent Age, April 27, 2016)

Following guidance from state health officials and the CDC to prevent further spread of COVID-19, Minnesota TZD has canceled the 2020 workshop.

In 2012, the seat belt compliance rate in Northeast Minnesota was 80.5 percent—a slight increase from the 2011 rate of 80.3 percent.

These maps show the locations of fatal and serious injury crashes in each Northeast region county between 2015 and 2019.