2019 Northwest Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Workshop

The 10th annual workshop was held May 29, 2019, at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls, MN. The event helps facilitate the program's goal of creating a collaborative, comprehensive, and regional approach to reducing traffic deaths and severe injuries.

• Download the agenda (PDF)

Workshop Presentations

Setting the Direction for the Strategic Highway Safety Plan: Minnesota Needs YOU

• Brad Estochen, State Traffic Safety Engineer and Eric DeVoe, Senior Research Analyst, MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering; Chelsea Palmateer, Research Analysis Specialist, DPS Office of Traffic Safety; Richard Strom, HDR; Athey Creek Consultants (PDF)

We Can Stop the Fire! How to Stop Adding Fuel to the Fire: Verbal De-escalation Skills

• Donelle Hintermeister, Training and Development Specialist, Training and Development Section, Minnesota State Patrol (PDF)

Creating A Teens Toward Zero Deaths Conference

• Presentation by Thief River Falls High School students (PDF)
• Handout (PDF)

TZD and Commercial Motor Vehicles: Bridging the Gap

• Julie Whitcher, State Rail Safety Engineer, MnDOT Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicles (PDF)
• Capt. Jon Olsen, Minnesota State Patrol (PDF)