Vision Zero North Dakota

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Impaired Driving

An alcohol-related crash occurs in North Dakota about every 13 hours. Alcohol and drug-related crashes and arrests are 100% preventable. Many lives would be saved in North Dakota each year if every driver consistently makes the choice to always drive sober or to designate a sober driver.

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Seat Belts

In North Dakota, not wearing a seat belt continues to be the number one contributing factor of motor vehicle crash fatalities. Seat belts restrain occupants in the vehicle’s designed protective space, giving them room to live in the event of a crash and prevents them from colliding with other occupants in the vehicle. A seat belt also keeps the driver correctly positioned behind the wheel to help maintain control of a vehicle.

Seat belts are the single most effective safety device to prevent death and injury in a motor vehicle crash.

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ND Sober Ride

This program is a technology-based solution and alternative to impaired driving. Vision Zero is focusing on making ride vouchers available throughout the year during holidays and events where someone may overindulge.

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Speed/Aggressive Driving

Speeding and/or aggressive driving is defined as speeding, driving too fast for conditions, following too close, or operating a vehicle in a reckless, negligent or aggressive manor. In Nearly 200 people have died in speed/aggressive driving-involved crashes in North Dakota over the past five years (2017-2021).

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Everyone Buckled - ND's Law to Save Lives

North Dakota's law moved from a secondary to primay law on August 1, 2023. Learn more about the law and get access to educational materials to help Vision Zero spread the word that seat belts save lives!

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Distracted Driving

Composing, reading, or sending any electronic message or using a communications device to access the Internet while driving is illegal in North Dakota for drivers of all ages, and is punishable with a fine of $100. The law applies to any driver of a vehicle in a traffic lane, even while stopped at a red light or in a construction zone. Additionally, drivers under the age of 18 are prohibited from using any electronic communications devices, including cell phones, unless in an emergency.

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Motorcycle Safety

While enjoying a morning ride to work, John was hit by a driver who ran a stop sign. Despite the seriousness of John’s injuries, he survived. "I have no doubt the helmet saved my life," said Boury.

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Highway Safety Corridors

NDDOT announces the implementation of Safety Corridors on two North Dakota highways. A Safety Corridor is a designated section of existing highway that will include enhanced safety features and an increase in law enforcement to remind drivers they are responsible for obeying all traffic laws and posted speed limits.

The designated highways include a 14-mile stretch on Highway 85 from Watford City to ND 68; and a 35-mile stretch on Highway 52 from Brooks Junction to Velva.

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Child Passenger Safety

"Good enough" is not good enough when installing your car seat. Find a car seat checkup event in your area to make sure you're using the correct seat for your child's age, weight and height, it's installed correctly, and your child is secured as per the car seat instructions.

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Free teen driving safety event – Registration still open

June 12, 2025

Bismarck, ND – The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is reminding parents there’s still time to register their teen for Vision Zero Driving Skills for Success (DSFS), a free, hands-on driving program focused on teen traffic

Free teen driving safety program now open for registration

May 29, 2025

Bismarck, ND – Vision Zero Driving Skills for Success (DSFS), a free interactive program aimed at improving teen driver safety, is coming to Grand Forks and West Fargo this summer. The one-day event offers young drivers hands-on experience designed

Crash fatalities lowest in 24 years as summer driving season begins

May 27, 2025

STATEWIDE, N.D. – Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer travel, and also the beginning of a period when traffic fatalities, particularly among teen drivers and their passengers, historically rise nationwide. Vision Zero urges all drivers

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Vision Zero is a strategy to eliminate motor vehicle crash fatalities and serious injuries.

The goal of zero fatalities is not only attainable, but also vital. When it comes to your life, or the lives of your family and friends, is any other number acceptable? We’re aiming for zero fatalities because every life matters.