These Minneapolis Streets Account For 64% of Serious Traffic Crashes: LIST

MINNEAPOLIS, MN — A small fraction of Minneapolis streets account for the vast majority of the city's most serious traffic crashes, according to data published by the city's Vision Zero traffic safety program.

Streets the city has designated as "High Injury Streets," representing about 10 percent of all Minneapolis streets, were the site of 64 percent of fatal and serious injury crashes between 2020 and 2024, the data shows.

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Those corridors include:

• Nicollet Avenue, from Grant Street to Lake Street
• Lyndale Avenue S at Franklin Avenue
• Dowling Avenue N, from Penn Avenue N to Interstate 94
• Fremont Avenue N, from Lowry Avenue to 44th Avenue N
• Monroe Street NE, from Lowry Avenue NE to Broadway Street NE
• East 36th Street, from Nicollet Avenue to Columbus Avenue
• East 42nd Street, from Lyndale Avenue S to Bloomington Avenue
• East 31st Street, from Nicollet Avenue to Cedar Avenue
• East 35th Street, from Nicollet Avenue to Hiawatha Avenue
• 2nd Avenue N, from Washington Avenue to 5th Street
• 6th Street, from 2nd Avenue S to Chicago Avenue
• 7th Street, from 2nd Avenue S to 11th Avenue S

These corridors were among 12 the city targeted for Vision Zero quick build safety improvements starting in 2022.

The full High Injury Streets network spans about 46 miles of city owned roadway, and the city maintains an interactive map showing the complete network.

Citywide, Minneapolis recorded an average of about 160 people killed or seriously injured in traffic crashes each year between 2017 and 2025, totaling nearly 1,500 people over that period, according to the city. Serious injury and fatal crashes rose most years until peaking at 206 in 2022, then declined in each year since.

Pedestrians and bicyclists remain disproportionately affected.

People walking or rolling account for 17 percent of trips in Minneapolis but 30 percent of severe traffic injuries and deaths, the data shows. Bicyclists make 3 percent of trips but account for 10 percent of severe injuries and deaths. Five pedestrians were killed in 2025, the same number as in 2024.

Speed remains one of the most significant factors in fatal crashes. The city reports that speeding was a contributing factor in 80 percent of fatal crashes in 2024, up from 43 percent in 2017.

A pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling 20 mph has a 13 percent chance of being seriously injured or killed, according to the city's data. That risk rises to 40 percent at 30 mph and 73 percent at 40 mph.

The city identifies five driving behaviors as responsible for most severe and fatal crashes: red light running, speeding, driving under the influence, unsafe turns where a driver fails to yield, and distracted driving.