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Traffic Safety

The Washington State Patrol’s primary goal is to provide a safe motoring environment for all Washingtonians and those visiting the Evergreen state. Troopers and commercial vehicle officers are responsible for enforcing traffic laws, investigating collisions, and assisting motors on the 17,524 miles of the state’s highways.

In 2022, Troopers: 

Made 537,456 contacts
Answered 300,515 calls for service
Investigated 35,102 collisions
Arrested 11,209 impaired drivers
Contacted 21,365 distracted drivers
Contacted 98,473 aggressive drivers
Contacted 22,001 seatbelt violators
Conducted 1,523 criminal investigations

Target Zero

The Washington State Patrol is committed to Target Zero, the state’s strategic highway plan that aims to reduce the number of highway deaths to zero by 2030.

Target Zero is a data-driven strategic plan used to identify priorities and solutions, help create common goals, and develop a language so we can work together across disciplines. Specifically, our partners use it to:

• Set statewide priorities for all traffic safety partners over the next three to four years.
• Provide a resource of various strategies to address each emphasis area and factor.
• Help guide federal and state project funding toward the highest priorities and most effective strategies.
• Monitor outcomes at a statewide level for each priority area.

Coordination, collaboration, and communication among traffic safety partners are key to the implementation of the strategies. The efforts of traffic safety partners across the state are focused on implementing strategies that will help achieve the Target Zero goal. Learn more at the Target Zero Website.

Enforcement is one of four equal strategies of Target Zero, along with engineering, education and emergency medical service. Enforcement is the responsibility of police agencies at all levels.

Under Target Zero, state troopers, county sheriff’s deputies and city and tribal police officers will focus on those violations proven to cause fatal or serious injury collisions.

The Washington State Patrol first introduced Target Zero teams in 2010. These teams are spread throughout the state and focus on areas where history shows the most fatalities and serious collisions involving DUI have occurred.

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Mailing Address
Washington State Patrol
PO Box 42600
Olympia, WA 98504

Physical Address
Washington State Patrol
Helen Sommers Building
106 11th Avenue SW
Olympia, WA 98501

Wsp accessibility

The Washington State Patrol is firmly committed to providing an environment that provides the public fair and equal treatment and equal access to its benefits, programs and services as required by state and federal laws. If you require reasonable accommodation under the American with Disabilities Act, or would like to file a grievance please click on the following link:  WSP Public Accessibility and Grievance Process

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