Michigan's traffic safety goal

Eliminate fatalities from 1,131 in 2021 to 0 by 2050. 

Eliminate serious injuries from 5,979 in 2021 to 0 in 2050.

Every year traffic crashes on Michigan roads cause loss of life and billions of dollars in economic losses. In 2023, more than 1,090 people were killed on Michigan's roads and an estimated 40,990 people were killed in traffic crashes across the United States.

Road traffic fatalities is a crisis across Michigan and the United States. We cannot, and should not, accept traffic fatalities as a part of our everyday life. That is why Michigan's goals are in line with national traffic safety goals to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries.

Together with our federal, state, and local safety partners, we will continue to build a successful highway safety program that focuses on flexible and effective partnerships that integrates the work of all disciplines and agencies involved in highway safety. Our goal is to continue to move Toward Zero Deaths on Michigan roads.