Mississippi road safety News

Mississippi Reports No Fatal Crashes Over Holiday Weekend, 61 DUIs

The Mississippi Highway Patrol says nobody died in traffic accidents on roads they monitored during the long Christmas weekend. The holiday enforcement period on state and federal highways began Friday evening and ended late Monday. The patrol says in a …

Seat Belt Use Down, Road Fatalities Up in Misssissippi

New data from the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety shows the observed belt usage rate is at 74.4 percent. That’s compared to 83 percent in 2012, officials said in a news release. Fatalities also increased last year. In 2013, 613 …

Mississippi Bike Fatality Prompts Vow to Enforce 3-Foot Rule

The death last month of a bicycle rider in a traffic accident has led city leaders in Oxford, Mississippi, to take a stronger look at bicycle safety. City Planner Tim Akers told the Oxford Board of Aldermen that police will …