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.
Multiple lanes of eastbound Interstate 70 were shut down after a multi-vehicle wreck in north St. Louis on Monday.
The wreck happened on the interstate near the Lucas and Hunt exit around 7:50 a.m.
Three persons were injured in a two-vehicle accident about 2 p.m. Thursday at 39th Street and Little Blue Parkway in Independence after a brief police chase.
More than a dozen Riverview Garden students were on a school bus that crashed in south St. Louis Wednesday morning. Authorities say the wreck happened near the intersection of Interstate 55 and Gasconade around 8:30 a.m. Police say about 20 students were onboard the bus, but none were injured.
A Franklin County man is dead after being ejected from a vehicle during a crash late Friday night.
Authorities said Bryce Frankenberg, 27, lost control of his SUV, the SUV rolled and then he was ejected from the vehicle. After being ejected, the SUV struck a tree and caught fire.
Drivers heading towards downtown St. Louis hit a wall of traffic after a two-vehicle wreck involving a Fed-Ex truck in St. Charles County Friday morning.
The accident happened on Interstate 70 near Zumbehl Rd. around 5 a.m.
An officer was injured in a vehicle accident in a north St. Louis neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
According to police, the marked police vehicle was struck by a suspect vehicle at Oriole and McLaran shortly before 4 p.m.
An elderly man struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in Hillsboro early Monday morning. According to officials with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Ronald Arndt, 80, was hit on northbound Route B near Marshak Way at 6:10 a.m.
Thomas E. Collins was killed and as many as three others were injured during a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 435 in southern Kansas City overnight.
The pileup occurred about midnight Tuesday along southbound I-435 near Bannister Road.
Police have identified a man who died in a single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 55 in south St. Louis County Monday afternoon.
A suspect wanted on traffic charges crashed following a police chase Monday morning, killing one person and injuring two others in another vehicle.
It happened around 10:30 a.m. near the western city limits of Independence on 23rd Street. Police pursued the driver to the city limits.
Police say a 23-year-old man found trapped inside a car after it crashed in St. Louis has died. But authorities say the wreck may have had nothing to do with his death.
Both directions of Highway 364 were shut down after several accidents were reported over a 15-minute period along the Page corridor in Maryland Heights on Friday.
Police stated that there were somewhere between 10 and 15 wrecks due to icy roads. It was not known if anyone was injured.
Kansas City police on Wednesday identified a 59-year-old Lee’s Summit man who died in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday as Walter Roher.
One person was killed in a wreck involving a semi truck on Interstate 44 in south St. Louis Monday.
The incident happened on the interstate near the Jefferson exit around 11 a.m.
Authorities confirm one person died, but did not say which vehicle they were in.
