Manitoba Liberals are calling for Manitoba Public Insurance to put more money towards municipal road safety and improvements in road infrastructure to reduce crashes and deaths instead of only handing out rebates.  Party leader Dougald Lamont says whether it’s in Winnipeg or northern and rural Manitoba our roads and highways are often treacherous and municipalities are strapped for cash because of PC cuts and freezes.  He points to a Manitoba Road Safety Plan 2017-2020 that states the annual social cost of motor vehicle collisions in Manitoba in terms of loss of life, medical treatment, rehabilitation, loss of productivity and property damage are estimated at 6.4 million dollars per fatality and 133 thousand per injury. When these are applied to the number of fatalities and injuries the societal costs were over two billion dollars in 2013.  He adds according to MPIs annual report for 2020 the total investment in road safety was 8.8 million dollars, the year before it was 14.5 million and MPI is planning rebates in 2022 of 335 million dollars. Lamont add larger investments in road safety could reduce costs to all Manitoban in the long run.