traffic crashes

Sponsored by Mayor Ken McClure and Councilmember Craig Hosmer, a bill passed unaninmously by Council Monday night will ban lane-splitting in the Queen City of the Ozarks.

Missouri’s third-largest city had 128 traffic deaths from 2019 through 2023. Now, Springfield city leaders are looking at an approach called Vision Zero in hopes of eliminating car crash fatalities by 2040.

Vision Zero is a push to eliminate as many traffic deaths and severe injuries as possible. Later this summer, Springfield City Council could adopt the idea — and seek federal money to fund it.

Ten people died in traffic crashes over the long Fourth of July weekend and 140 were injured, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Four of the…

Six people died in traffic crashes in Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend, including two in southwest Missouri. Last year, nine people were killed…