City Council traffic briefing

Exit 88 Crash Risk

Late-March and April police reports show a concentrated crash pattern around the I-49 / AR-72 overpass, Maverik, Casey's, and East Central Avenue.

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Key numbers

The recent window stands out inside the past year

93crashes since Mar 247.75x the prior 35-day count
82since Apr 13mid-April cluster
86multi-vehicleturning/merging conflict signal
175past-year focus crashesSep 15, 2025 through Sep 15, 2026
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Year-over-year hotspot scan

Increase is different from raw volume

Year-over-year hotspot comparison chart

The scan compares Jan 1, 2026 through Sep 15, 2026 with Jan 1, 2025 through Sep 15, 2025 in 0.2-mile circles.

Area20262025Increasep
SE S 9 0 +9 0.002
E Central east 20 7 +13 0.010
SE G 9 1 +8 0.011
36.364, -94.186 17 6 +11 0.017
36.364, -94.208 12 3 +9 0.018

I-49 / East Central is the largest 2026 count and absolute increase among these highlighted year-over-year hotspots. It is not the citywide raw-volume leader; the highest cumulative YTD circles are mostly Regional Airport and 14th Street arterial locations.

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Trend

Weekly counts jumped in April after a full-year baseline

Weekly crash chart
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This is not a citywide average problem. It is a localized conflict-point problem near the overpass, Maverik, Casey's, and East Central.
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Maverik / Casey's / East Central

A repeated multi-vehicle hotspot east of I-49

Maverik, Casey's, and East Central hotspot map

Within 0.2 miles of the Maverik / East Central repeated crash point, the past year shows 35 police-reported crashes.

17crashes since Mar 2417 multi-vehicle
15since Apr 13tight recent concentration
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West approach

The west side of the overpass also needs review

West side overpass approach map

The west-overpass approach registered 33 police-reported crashes in the past year within 0.5 miles.

Since Mar 24, it has 16 crashes, including 15 multi-vehicle crashes.

That is the receiving side for added truck movements and should be included in any traffic operations review.

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Crash type

Recent reports are overwhelmingly multi-vehicle

Recent crash category breakdown

Multi-vehicle crashes are the clearest signal for intersection and driveway conflict, especially where heavy vehicles are entering or exiting mixed traffic.

The data does not prove dump-truck causation. It does show that this corridor is already operating with recent crash pressure.
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Recommended ask

Do not treat added dump-truck traffic as routine

Require a truck movement plan

Document haul route, exit path, peak-hour restrictions, staging, and turning controls before expanded use.

Collect short-duration evidence

Use camera counts or field observation at Maverik, Casey's, East Central, and the west-overpass approach during haul periods.

Deploy temporary mitigation

Evaluate signage, enforcement, flagging, and temporary channelization while the recent crash cluster is investigated.

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Data limits

Use the claim the data can support

This repository contains police transparency portal crash records. The current site exports both recent and past-year mapped focus-area points. It does not include unreported crashes, near misses, injury severity, or vehicle class fields for dump trucks.

The defensible Council message is: police-reported crashes have recently clustered around the exact corridor where added heavy-truck exit movements would increase turning and merging conflicts.

Past-year window: Sep 15, 2025 through Sep 15, 2026. Latest citywide accident record in this refresh: Sep 15, 2026 5:45 PM.
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Appendix

Recent focus-area records

DateCategoryCoordinatesTicket IDs
Sep 14, 2026 6:22 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.362288, -94.183764 30356
Sep 10, 2026 8:55 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.369272, -94.197512 30349
Sep 10, 2026 7:33 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.363548, -94.190127 30344
Sep 9, 2026 2:56 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.363854, -94.183345 30331
Sep 8, 2026 5:03 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.383467, -94.170095 30334
Sep 8, 2026 8:22 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.370613, -94.182815 30335
Sep 8, 2026 8:14 AM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.371144, -94.179993 30330
Sep 3, 2026 1:05 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.370985, -94.183168 30310
Aug 28, 2026 4:30 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.362071, -94.196864 30293
Aug 28, 2026 4:15 PM 2 Multiple vehicle 36.383331, -94.173244 30287
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