There were 22 pedestrian crashes along US 27, in which ten (10) resulted in a fatality, three (3) resulted in serious injury crashes, eight (8) resulted in an injury, and the remainder caused no injury. Prominent causes of fatal crashes are failing to yield right-of-way and operating motor vehicle in careless or negligent manner.
There were 21 bicycle crashes along US 27. Of these, three (3) resulted in fatality, two (2) resulted in serious injury, fifteen resulted in an injury and one resulted in property damage only. Prominent causes of crashes are failing to yield right-of-way, failing to keep in proper lane and operating motor vehicle in careless or negligent manner.
Figure 7-6 displays the trend of crashes and severity. Figure 7-7 displays the location of pedestrian and bicycle crashes, along with the crash severity.
Figure 7-6 - Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Severity Trends along US 27
The total number of crashes, fatal crashes, the crash rates per million vehicle miles traveled (MVMT) over the five-year period per segment are shown in Table 7-1. The table contains crash rates from 2015 to 2019 and 2019 to 2023. The crashes from 2015 to 2019 is included for comparison purposes as the latest 5-year average the state-wide, district-wide and the county-wide crash rates were published for 2019. The segment crashes are on-street crashes along US 27 which also contain a portion of the intersection crashes that occurred along US 27.
August 2024