Appendix J: Crash Data

APPENDIX J: CRASH DATA

Crash data from within the Kensington and Elbow Lake city limits was gathered using the online Minnesota Crash Mapping Analysis Tool. (MCMAT) (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/stateaid/crashmapping.html) MCMAT is MnDOT’s crash database that includes all crashes involving a motor vehicle where a crash report was filed. It includes crash reports from the past ten years. However, a crash involving a solo cyclist, the most common type of bicycle crash, would not be recorded even if emergency services responded as long as the crash did not involve a motor vehicle.

KENSINGTON

The MCMAT data for Kensington was accessed, November 19th , 2020. As of that date, the dataset included crash reports from March 6th, 2010 through March 17th, 2020, all of which were included in this analysis. According to the MCMAT homepage accessed on the date above, there has been a delay in updating the database with crash data from 2020. Typically, the lag time between crash occurrence and data entry into the MCMAT database can be approximately 2-3 months with the data updated four times per year, approximately quarterly.

The staff at WCI felt that collecting crash data within the city limits of Kensington would provide the most utility. There was a total of 11 crashes with none of those involving a bicyclist or a pedestrian.

ELBOW LAKE

The MCMAT data for Elbow Lake was accessed, November 19th , 2020. As of that date, the dataset included crash reports from May 7th, 2010 through September 23rd, 2020, all of which were included in this analysis. According to the MCMAT homepage accessed on the date above, there has been a delay in updating the database with crash data from 2020. Typically, the lag time between crash occurrence and data entry into the MCMAT database can be approximately 2-3 months with the data updated four times per year, approximately quarterly.

The staff at WCI felt that collecting crash data within the city limits of Elbow Lake would provide the most utility. There was a total of 76 crashes with one of those involving a pedestrian.

1. On October 31, 2014 at 15:03 under dry, clear daylight conditions, a 90-year old female with a passenger car heading east failed to yield the right-of-way and did not stop at a stop sign, and struck a 28-year old female pedestrian with a stroller heading north while using a crosswalk. There were no contributing factors and the pedestrian received a minor injury.