INDIANAPOLIS — Recentlly, the Indianapolis Department of Public Works (Indy DPW) presented an expanded scope for the City’s Fatal Crash Review Team to the Public Works Committee of the City-County Council. Beginning in July, the Fatal Crash Review Team will now investigate intersections that are seeing high numbers of incapacitating crashes.
Six high-conflict intersections will be investigated each year. The first intersection to be studied is 79th Street and Michigan Road.
Using the Automated Reporting Information Exchange System (ARIES) crash database, a single location having the highest total number of incapacitating and fatal crashes within a two-month study period will be identified. A Road Safety Audit (RSA) will be conducted for this location to include detailed crash data analysis, a crash diagram, a field visit, and proposed improvements. The RSA will include three years of crash data. This new methodology was approved unanimously by all the members of the Fatal Crash Review Team, which includes both City staff and community representatives.
The Fatal Crash Review Team was instituted in 2022 alongside an updated Complete Streets policy.