(Radio Iowa) – Iowa’s preliminary number shows the lowest number of traffic deaths since the state started keeping records 100 years ago.
D-O-T State Highway Safety Program Manager Larry Grant says motorcycle deaths dropped from 64 to 38 in 2025 and that was one factor. Grant says All Terrain Vehicles and Utility Terrain Vehicle crashes have led to more deaths as laws changed regarding their use, but he says those deaths dropped by half this year from 20 to 10. Grant says one other statistic that stands out is the number of accidents where more than one person died.
There were 12 of those crashes that resulted in 24 deaths, compared to two years ago when there were 39 multiple death crashes with 88 people dying. Grant says the 2025 total now is 259, but they wait 30 days after the end of the year to make it a final count.
