Missouri is the 21st most extensive, and the 18th most populous of the fifty states. The state comprises 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis.
As defined by the 2010 US census, the four largest urban areas in order of population are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The mean center of the United States population at the 2010 census was in the town of Plato in Texas County. The state's capital is Jefferson City. The land that is now Missouri was acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the Missouri Territory.
Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the state lies in dissected till plains and the southern portion lies in the Ozark Mountains, with the Missouri River dividing the regions. The state lies at the intersection of the three greatest rivers of the United States, with the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers near St. Louis, and the confluence of the Ohio River with the Mississippi north of the Bootheel.
The Missouri Department of Public Safety provides information related to the mission of reducing fatalities and losses through implementation of highway safety initiatives.
The University of Missouri Pedestrian Safety Program advocates for walkable communities and is a member organization that helps organize and train local pedestrian advocacy groups in safety. The Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation covers a curriculum designed to teach and develop the skills and knowledge required for safe and effective cycling. This curriculum has been developed by bicycle education advocates and reviewed by educators and parents from the BVSD, and is being brought to you by the BVSD Safe Routes to School program.
The Missouri Safety Center proves the benefits of combining an academic department with a training center, creating a hybrid unit dedicated to the safety and welfare of all citizens. It draws together the expertise of organizations and professionals in a common effort to reduce deaths and injuries through education and awareness.
The Mission of the Missouri Motorcycle Safety Program is to provide quality motorcycle rider education and enhance motorcycle rider safety to the citizens and visitors of the State of Missouri.
Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.
Police told News 4 a motorcyclist is dead after an accident near Wentzville Monday night.
Police said the accident occurred just after 7:00 p.m. on Highway 61 near Highway A. Authorities said the driver of motorcycle lost control and died at the scene.
Two people are dead, and seven injured after a crash on Interstate 57 in Mississippi County, MO.
A man was pronounced dead after a crash involving a street sweeper in north St. Louis County early Friday morning.
The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 70 near Warrenton on Wednesday.
Police say 25-year-old James Lutjen was driving westbound on I-70 near the Warrenton exit around 3 p.m. when his tractor trailer overturned into the median.
A 90-year-old Franklin County man is dead after his car was hit by a tractor-trailer near Washington.
The Missouri Highway Patrol identified the driver as Raymond Kastendieck. The Washington Missourian reports that the crash happened Monday afternoon on State Route 47.
The Clay County Prosecutor’s Office charged a 20-year-old man with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a husband and father, whom they say he crashed into head-on Monday afternoon while speeding and drunk.
Four Illinois residents were injured in a one-vehicle crash at 4:15 a.m. Saturday, April 19, in rural Pike County, Mo.
Police said several people were injured after an accident in Jefferson County Wednesday evening.
Authorities said the accident, which involved four cars, occurred near the intersection of Missouri Highway A and Old Highway A around 6:30 p.m.
One person was hospitalized after a car and Metro bus collided in the Dutchtown neighborhood in south St. Louis Tuesday morning.
The wreck happened at the intersection of Grand and Delor around 6:15 a.m.
Police say a 35-year-old man was hit and killed by a semi truck on Interstate 270 in north St. Louis County on Tuesday.
According to officials, the victim was crossing the westbound lanes of the interstate between New Halls Ferry and W. Florissant when he was struck around 2:30 a.m.
A head-on collision in eastern Missouri has left three people dead and a driver hospitalized.
The crash happened at 6:30 a.m. Friday on Missouri 185 near the Washington County town of Sullivan.
A motorcyclist died Friday after colliding with a semi-trailer truck in Kansas City.
