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.
Two police officers remain hospitalized after a drunk driver slammed into their cruiser at 43rd & The Paseo Sunday night. Emergency crews had to cut the officers out of their vehicle.
Authorities said an Alton man died after crashing into a traffic light Saturday morning.
Four central Missouri residents are dead after their car went off the side of the highway, struck a ditch and tree and became engulfed in flames.
The Eureka Fire Protection District is mourning the loss of a firefighter who was killed in a multiple vehicle accident while off-duty Friday night.
Drivers who use the Poplar Street Bridge to get into downtown St. Louis were being urged to use an alternate route after a tractor-trailer and two vehicles were involved in a wreck Thursday morning.
The wreck happened on Interstate 64 westbound at Interstate 70 around 5 a.m.
A 67-year-old man and his 43-year-old wife died Thursday night when they were stopped on 65 Highway in Sedalia and another car rammed into them.
A four-year-old Granite City, Ill. girl and 11-year-old Granite City, Ill. boy are dead after a Saturday afternoon crash in Jefferson County, Missouri.
Four-year-old Bryleigh Greene and 11-year-old Ethan Price were passengers in the car that was struck. Three other people were injured.
Police said one person died after an accident in Kirkwood Saturday evening.
Authorities are investigating after a deadly accident near Clinton, Mo., on Saturday.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the 3-vehicle accident happened on MO-13 around 2 p.m.
Police are investigating the cause of an early morning crash that killed the passenger and left the driver with life threatening injuries.
The one-car accident happened on westbound US 40 at Fairview in Independence, Mo.
One person was arrested after a single-vehicle wreck in north St. Louis early early Wednesday morning. Authorities say a vehicle landed on its roof after wrecking near the intersection of Baden Avenue near Newby Street just after midnight. One person was taken into custody from the scene.
Southbound Interstate 35 just south of downtown Kansas City reopened mid-morning Tuesday about three hours after a tractor-trailer crashed and erupted in flames.
A 56-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle wreck in Jefferson County early Monday morning.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Michael Cooper was driving on northbound Rte. JJ south of Singer Ln. around 4:45 a.m. when his vehicle left the road.
A car pulling a trailer full of alligators crashed in Cape Girardeau but apparently the reptiles never posed a threat to anyone.
A crash happened in the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 in the southeast Missouri community around 7 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities say Hillsdale Police officers were chasing a vehicle into St. Louis City when it crashed Thursday evening.
