Des Moines Register
Traffic fatalities are spiking across the state, safety officials announced Tuesday as they called on Iowa drivers to slow down, put down the phone and buckle up in an effort to save lives.
To date, 119 people have died in traffic-related accidents across the state this year, which is a 25% increase from the same time a year ago, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
May 2021 has been the deadliest month so far this year, and the deadliest May in the last nine years, with 41 deaths almost double April s total of 25.
The current spike puts Iowa on track to potentially exceed the number of fatalities in 2020, which officials called one of the most dangerous years to date.
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Iowa DOT looks at keeping appointment-only model beyond pandemic
Ten-year-old Hannah Kirby (center) on Friday shows her photograph on a paper copy of her Iowa identity card to her father, Michael Kirby, at the Iowa Department of Transportation Service Center in southwest Cedar Rapids. Ethan, 13, (left) also got an Iowa ID card while Michael and mother Stephanie (in background) got their Real ID licenses for a future trip to Florida. The family drove from LeClaire for their appointment. The Iowa DOT has gone to an appointment-only process at its service centers a change already being planned before the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)