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Traffic Collisions Worked on Elizabethtown Roadways

April 2008

Elizabethtown Police investigated 114 collisions during the month of April.  101 occurred on roadways and 13 occurred on parking lots. Of these, 13 were injury collisions with 14 persons injured and transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital.  Below is a partial summary of the March crashes:

US Hwy 31W : 37 collisions

  •  23  were north of the US31W Bypass

  •   8  were south of US31W Bypass and US Hwy 62

  •    6  were south of US Hwy 62

 

US Hwy 62 : 17 collisions

  •  13  were east of US31W

  •    4  was west of US31W

 

Hwy 3005 : 15 collisions

  • 10  were east of US31W

  •   5  were west of US31W

 

10 Collisions in the area of 31W between Gray Street and Childers Court

Cause of Collision

  • 7   Driver Inattention

  • 1   Failure to Yield Right of Way

  • 1   Improper Backing

  • 1   Other

Type of Collision

  • 5   Rear End

  • 2    Angle

  • 2    Sideswipe Same Direction

  • 1    Backing

 

High Risk Intersections for Traffic Collisions

Consider all intersections on 31W north of Nalls Road to Pine Valley Drive high risk for collisions.  The total number of accidents in April increased from the previous month from 95 to 114.  Injury collisions increased from 13 to 14 with 14 persons transported to Hardin Memorial Hospital.   

 Please Stay Alert.

 

Kentucky Statistics

A National Observational study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that when a driver is buckled, children are buckled 85 % of the time.  However, when a driver is unbuckled, children are restrained only 14% of the time.

 

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