LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – National Work Zone Awareness Week is recognized April 26-30, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is working to make sure residents know about it.
In a release Tuesday, officials said Fall 2020 was a bad time for Michigan’s road and bridge workers. According to data provided by the Michigan State Police (MSP), n a matter of three months, five road workers had been struck and killed and three more injured in work zone crashes.
As MDOT and other road agencies around the state begin another season of rebuilding and maintaining Michigan’s roads and bridges, it is critical that drivers, passengers and workers take work zone safety seriously.
In 2020, preliminary work zone crash information shows that there were:
- 15 fatalities,
- 69 serious injuries,
- 785 injury crashes, and
- 4,900 total crashes.
Michigan is hosting National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), the annual spring campaign to encourage safe driving through work zones, being held April 26-30.
This year’s theme, “Drive Safe. Work Safe. Save Lives,” emphasizes the importance of driving safely and workers making safety a priority to ensure that they all work together to save lives in work zones.
- Related – On Tuesday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer visited the M-59 Hall Rd. Rebuilding Michigan project in Clinton Township for a National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week event. Find more on that story here.
