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

25crashes since Mar 242.08x the prior 35-day count
14since Apr 13mid-April cluster
22multi-vehicleturning/merging conflict signal
169past-year focus crashesApr 30, 2025 through Apr 30, 2026
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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 38 police-reported crashes.

9crashes since Mar 249 multi-vehicle
7since 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 35 police-reported crashes in the past year within 0.5 miles.

Since Mar 24, it has 4 crashes, including 3 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: Apr 30, 2025 through Apr 30, 2026. Latest citywide accident record in this refresh: Apr 30, 2026 8:56 AM.
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Appendix

Recent focus-area records

DateCategoryCoordinatesTicket IDs
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
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