Springfield set a new record last year for traffic fatalities.

27 people died in 2020.

Police Chief Paul Williams says on Twitter that 13 of those deaths were motorcycle riders.

Slick roads= slow down & drive safe. Let’s all do our part to reverse this 2020 statistic: 27 traffic fatalities–the most ever in @CityofSgf Of those who died-13 were on motorcycles, 9 in cars/trucks, and 5 were pedestrians’

— Chief Paul Williams (@chief_spd) January 3, 2021