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 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.
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 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.
A 20-year-old man died after an early Monday in a two-vehicle crash at Missouri 291 and Moss Avenue in Liberty, police said.
The victim was identified as Joaquin Mendoza Jr. of Liberty. The accident occurred just before 1:30 a.m.
A Fair Grove man has died after he was involved in a crash early Wednesday.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, David E. Speake, 74, was driving east on KK Highway north of Springfield when his car slid off the road and struck an embankment.
A Walnut Grove man died Wednesday after he was involved in a crash Tuesday afternoon.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 pedestrian was struck by a semi Tuesday morning on 291 Highway in Independence.
It happened around 6 a.m. between Salisbury and Independence Avenue.
A fatal crash involving a semi and a car has closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 435 at N. Congress.
It happened just before 11 a.m. Monday. The driver of the car was killed in the crash.
No other injuries were reported.
Traffic is being diverted to Interstate 29.
One person is dead and two others injured following a two-car crash.
