Public crash data briefing

Bentonville Crash Data

Police-reported crash records, maps, and briefing materials for Bentonville, Arkansas. The current analysis highlights the recent Exit 88 / AR-72 crash cluster with a past-year map layer for context.

Latest citywide record: May 13, 2026 1:59 AM 170 focus-area crashes in the past year 9,111 distinct crash events in the cleaned dataset
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Current focus

Exit 88 Crash Risk

Police-reported crash data shows a sharp late-March and April concentration around the I-49 / AR-72 overpass. The site now includes the full past-year focus-area layer, so the recent cluster can be compared against the longer local pattern.

31 crashes since Mar 24 2.58x the prior 35-day count
20 crashes since Apr 13 mid-April cluster
28 multi-vehicle crashes since Mar 24
170 focus-area crashes in past year May 13, 2025 through May 13, 2026

Dataset at a glance

Cleaned Records for Public Review

Counts are distinct crash events from the Bentonville Police transparency portal captures in this repository. Same-minute and same-coordinate ticket rows are grouped together to avoid double-counting one crash scene.

9,152 source accident records rows with location and timestamp
9,111 distinct crash events deduplicated event count
1,537 citywide crashes in past year May 13, 2025 through May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026 1:59 AM latest citywide record coverage starts Oct 28, 2016 7:06 AM
Weekly crash count chart for the Exit 88 focus area

Signal for Council

From Mar 24 through the latest local record, the focus area has 31 police-reported crashes. In the full past-year focus-area window, there are 170 crashes, including 149 multi-vehicle crashes.

The 35-day window beginning Mar 24 is more than double the immediately preceding 35-day window (31 vs. 12). That is the change worth showing clearly.

The dataset does not identify dump trucks or causation. It supports a narrower claim: current police-reported crashes cluster around the exact corridor where additional heavy-truck exit movements would add turning and merging conflicts.

Year-over-year scan

Other Hot Intersections Are Worse Than Last Year

The scan compares Jan 1, 2026 through May 13, 2026 with Jan 1, 2025 through May 13, 2025 in compact 0.2-mile circles around current-year crash locations. The top signals include Northwest Bentonville and downtown-adjacent locations in addition to the Exit 88 corridor.

Map of year-to-date crash hotspots that are worse than the same window last year
Bar chart comparing 2026 year-to-date crash counts with the same 2025 window
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Other city hotspot

NW Tiger Blvd / NW D St-Lincoln Ct

Northwest Bentonville school/civic traffic area; current year-to-date records show a new compact cluster that did not appear in the matching 2025 window.

6 2026 YTD 0 2025 same window +6 increase p=0.016 exact test
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Other city hotspot

NW 3rd St / NW A-B-Main St

Downtown-adjacent neighborhood street grid; the current year-to-date count is materially above the matching 2025 window.

10 2026 YTD 2 2025 same window +8 increase p=0.019 exact test
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Exit 88 focus

I-49 / East Central Ave overpass

Known Exit 88 focus corridor; still one of the strongest year-over-year increases in the citywide scan.

19 2026 YTD 8 2025 same window +11 increase p=0.026 exact test
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Exit 88 focus

East Central Ave / Beau Terre-NE McClain

East of the overpass near Beau Terre and NE McClain; this extends the East Central signal beyond the immediate interchange.

10 2026 YTD 3 2025 same window +7 increase p=0.046 exact test
Area 2026 YTD 2025 same window Increase Ratio p-value Latest 2026 record
NW Tiger Blvd / NW D St-Lincoln Ct 6 0 +6 13.0x 0.016 May 4, 2026 3:07 PM
NW 3rd St / NW A-B-Main St 10 2 +8 4.2x 0.019 May 1, 2026 7:00 PM
I-49 / East Central Ave overpass 19 8 +11 2.29x 0.026 May 7, 2026 2:30 PM
East Central Ave / Beau Terre-NE McClain 10 3 +7 3.0x 0.046 May 7, 2026 2:30 PM
SE G St area 4 0 +4 9.0x 0.062 May 7, 2026 4:50 PM
SE S St area 4 0 +4 9.0x 0.062 May 6, 2026 4:50 PM
This is a screening analysis, not a causal model: overlapping 0.2-mile circles are ranked by a one-sided exact test and then suppressed so one location does not dominate the list. It is useful for deciding where to inspect geometry, signal timing, sight lines, turning movements, and enforcement needs.

Mapped evidence

Where the Cluster Is

The default map shows the past-year focus-area crash layer. Switch to the recent cluster window or filter by crash type to inspect the current concern.

Focus-Area Events

Time window

Crash type

170 visible May 13, 2025 through May 13, 2026 crash events

Multi-vehicle crash
Single-vehicle crash
Animal crash
Landmark / review radius
Comparison of recent crash counts by focus region
Category breakdown of recent focus-area crashes

Corridor detail

Region Detail

Counts are police-reported accidents from the cleaned historical data refresh. The latest citywide accident record in the data is May 13, 2026 1:59 AM.

Area Radius Past year Since Mar 24 Since Apr 13 Multi-vehicle Latest record
Maverik / East Central hotspot 0.2 mi 38 11 9 11 May 12, 2026 12:22 PM
West side of overpass approach 0.5 mi 36 6 4 5 May 4, 2026 3:34 PM
Exit 88 / AR-72 1-mile area 1.0 mi 147 27 17 24 May 12, 2026 12:22 PM

Near-Term Actions to Consider

The data justifies an immediate operations review before adding or expanding heavy-truck movements through the corridor.

Control truck exit movements

Require a haul-route and turning-movement plan for dump trucks using the overpass/intersection area, with restricted hours if needed.

Observe the conflict points

Use short-duration video or field observation at Maverik, Casey's, East Central, and the west-overpass approach during peak construction traffic.

Install temporary mitigation

Consider warning signage, enforcement presence, flagging, or temporary channelization while the late-April crash pattern is reviewed.

Recent records

Recent Police-Reported Crashes

Most recent records in the focus area, newest first.

DateCategoryCoordinatesTicket IDs
May 12, 2026 12:22 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.379211, -94.178036 29740
May 11, 2026 4:13 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.377188, -94.178979 29746
May 9, 2026 10:33 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.377894, -94.176560 29731
May 7, 2026 2:30 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.383331, -94.173244 29720
May 4, 2026 3:34 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.373597, -94.187804 29713
May 2, 2026 1:29 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.371704, -94.196898 29697
Apr 28, 2026 6:15 AM 3 Animal 36.383780, -94.169706 29659
Apr 26, 2026 5:47 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.380162, -94.176971 29682
Apr 25, 2026 8:55 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.380162, -94.176971 29691
Apr 23, 2026 2:10 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.379208, -94.178036 29686
Apr 23, 2026 9:31 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.380342, -94.177887 29634
Apr 22, 2026 3:29 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.383467, -94.170095 29680
Apr 21, 2026 2:19 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.367417, -94.187772 29685
Apr 21, 2026 7:52 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.380342, -94.177887 29674
Apr 17, 2026 4:43 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.372354, -94.196562 29616
Apr 17, 2026 8:44 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.379211, -94.178036 29614

Downloads

Public Materials

These static files are served directly by Vercel and can be linked from council packets, emails, or follow-up analysis.

Browser slideshowFull-screen briefing deck for the current Exit 88 analysis. PDF deckPrintable version of the same council briefing. Summary JSONMetrics, regions, latest records, and mapped point lists. Past-year GeoJSONFocus-area crash points for the latest one-year window. Recent GeoJSONMapped focus-area crash points for GIS review.