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.
A series of wrecks caused a traffic nightmare for those heading into St. Charles County Friday morning.
The wrecks happened on westbound Interstate 70 at Interstate 270 around 6:15 a.m.
Liberty Police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit by a car.
It happened Friday just before 9 p.m. at the intersection of Mill St., and Main St.
All eastbound lanes of Interstate 44 were closed in west St. Louis County due to a jackknifed tractor-trailer Thursday morning.
The incident happened on the interstate near Six Flags in Eureka around 6:20 a.m.
Icy roads may be to blame for a fatal accident in the Northland on Saturday.
It happened on Highway 152 near North Indiana Ave., just before 4 p.m.
Four firefighters and a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper responding to an accident were injured when a another vehicle cross the median on Interstate 70 Saturday afternoon.
A school bus was involved in a two-vehicle wreck in Eureka on Thursday. The bus came to a stop in a ditch after it apparently hit a pickup truck on Rt. 109 just south of Interstate 44 around 6:50 a.m. It appeared the bus may have also hit a yield sign, which was seen on the ground at the scene.
Police were called to scene of a rollover accident in Jefferson County Wednesday morning.
The accident happened on northbound Interstate 55 at the 174 mile marker in Festus just before 6:00 a.m.
It was not known if anyone was injured.
One person was arrested after a multi-vehicle wreck shut down Interstate 270 for several hours in north St. Louis County late Tuesday night. The wreck happened on I-270 at Route 370 in Bridgeton around 11:45 p.m.
Police said one person died after a wrong way crash on I-44 Friday night.
One person was killed in a two-vehicle wreck in O’Fallon, Mo. Thursday morning.
A pedestrian was struck by a semi Tuesday morning on 291 Highway in Independence.
It happened around 6 a.m. between Salisbury and Independence Avenue.
Several lanes of Interstate 270 were closed due to a multi-vehicle collision in west St. Louis County on Monday.
The wreck happened in the northbound lanes of the interstate just past Interstate 64 around around 8:15 a.m.
