Highway Safety

• The latest and most comprehensive highway safety statistics (2000 Iowa Crash Facts) are available by clicking here.
• In Iowa, 439 people were fatally injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2006.
• There was one crash every 10 minutes in 2006.
• One in 25 drivers was involved in a crash in 2006.
• Motor vehicle crashes (54,815) decreased by 6.2 percent in 2006. Fatalities decreased by 2.4 percent from 450 in 2006.
• 106 fatalities were the result of alcohol-related crashes in 2006.
• At least 38.7 percent of persons fatally injured and 26.6 percent of those suffering major incapacitating injuries were not wearing a seat belt or other protective device in 2006.
• Twenty-five pedestrians were fatally injured and 487 were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2006.
• Iowa's safety belt law was enacted July 1986.
• In 1987, Iowa's legislature provided that one-half of 1 percent of Iowa's Road Use Tax Fund be used for traffic safety improvements or studies on public roads under county, city or state jurisdiction. The program is funded with about $5 million per year in receipts.
• There are 40 full-service safety rest areas and 14 parking-only sites in the state. In 2004, more than 18 million people visited these areas. To locate the rest areas and services provided click here.