RALLS COUNTY, Mo. (WGEM) - For the last two years, fatalities on Missouri roads have been on the decline.

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), there were 1,057 deaths in 2022, followed by steady decline in 2023 with 991 fatalities and 955 in 2024.

The last time there were three consecutive years of decline was in 2019. From 2019 to 2020, fatalities spiked by over 100, nearing the 1,000 death mark.

MoDOT Deputy Director and Chief Engineer Eric Schroeter said 344 lives were lost last year between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, the time frame we’re in right now, and the busiest travel portion of the year.

“I can’t tell you where or who, but two a day every day on average lose their lives on our highway system,” Schroeter said.

‘Each one of those is a person’

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