Iowa traffic deaths are trending slightly ahead of Iowa’s record low last year, but overall are still down compared to previous years. The D-O-T’s Garrett Reeder tracks the numbers.
He says October was now the fifth consecutive month this year where the fatalities were either at or below the 2025 levels for those same months.
During his report to the state transportation commission, he says other warm weather months have gone against the trend.
Reeder says crashes with multiple deaths are up compared to last year.
Fatal traffic accidents were at 241 when reader gave his report Tuesday morning. That number was updated to 243 deaths through the day Tuesday, which was 11 above the same date last year. This is 45 deaths below the five-year average for the same period.
