A Minneapolis acquaintance posted this yesterday:
There were 26 fatalities and 174 severe injury crashes in 2023 on streets in Minneapolis, the most recent year we have data. This is over double the low water mark in 2018. Speed was a factor in 52% of severe injury and fatal crashes:
It made me wonder if the city's covid spike in homicides has stayed high, as crashes have, or if it has receded more.
I made my own chart for Minneapolis homicides, including 2024, since those figures are available for homicides:
The overall shape of the bar charts is similar, but homicides have declined more than crashes. Plus, so far for 2025, homicides in Minneapolis are about 23% lower than they were in 2024.
It will be interesting to see the 2024 crash numbers to see if they are similar, higher, or lower than 2023, and of course to also see the numbers for 2025 when those are available. I will try to update.
But regardless, the charts are evidence that the covid pandemic was a major disruptor of public safety, beyond the disease itself.
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Sources for my homicide chart are here (2016–2023) and here (2024).
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