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Figure 27: 5 Year Rate of Serious Injuries; 2016 – 2020
Serious Injury Crashes
The review of serious injury rates highlighted the nine segments (Figure 27) with rates of 3 or higher. West of I-35, Executive Drive, just north of W. Adams Avenue had 1 crash which resulted in serious injury. Draper Drive, just off of Airport Road had 4 crashes and 1 serious injury. To the north, Hart Road had 7 crashes and 1 serious injury, while to the east, Dairy Road had 1 crash with 1 serious injury.5 In the central portion of the study area, N. 21st Street had 17 crashes and 2 serious injuries. S. 7th Street had 6 crashes and 2 serious injuries, while N. 7th Street had 19 crashes and 1 serious injury. E. Jackson Street, just south of Jackson Park, had 1 crash with serious injury.
Figure 27: 5 Year Rate of Serious Injuries; 2016 – 2020
Source: CRIS, 2016-2020
5 Crash rates are calculated per 100 million VMT per segment. Short segments with a low traffic volume will have high rates if any crashes are present. This occurs because there is a relatively high number of crashes proportionate to the length and volume of the segment.