Slight Increase In Traffic Accidents In Warsaw
Lt. Kip Shuter presented the City of Warsaw Traffic Safety Commission a 2014 traffic report from Warsaw Police. The report was submitted during the commission’s Wednesday’s meeting.
The department investigated 894 crashes, 761 property damage, 133 personal injury. There were no fatalities within the city during the past year. The report also shows there were 193 total injuries, 11 of which were incapacitating. The total number of crashes is an increase of 3 percent over 2013.
Unsafe backing, failure to yield the right of way and following too closely were the top three contributing circumstances to the accidents. Other circumstances were roadway surface condition, improper turning, disregarding signal or regulatory sign, animals in the roadway (mostly deer), distracted driver, intoxicated drivers and cell phone use.
The highest three forms of the manner of collisions was topped by rear end type collisions followed by right angle collisions and backing collisions.
Detroit Street (SR 15), Lake City Highway (US 30) and Center Street were the three highest crash roadways. Center Street replaced Winona Avenue from 2013.
The report also shows Fridays had the highest number of collisions followed closely by Wednesday. The hours of 11 a.m. To 1:59 p.m. And 4 p.m. To 6:59 p.m. Were the highest times of day when accidents occurred.
During 2014 Warsaw officers wrote 2,410 traffic tickets, ian increase of 19 percent over 2013. There were 102 driving under the influence arrests, an increase of 19, and 5,831 warning tickets. Parking tickets, a total of 1,777, also was an increase over 2013 by six percent.