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Deputies Tracking Traffic Crash Locations

Release Date: March 29, 2005

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Deputies are targeting the locations in their patrol districts where the most traffic crashes occur each month.

The monthly “Traffic Crash” report will be announced through news releases and posted at the Sheriff’s Office website.

“It’s important we keep the community aware of important information. The crash report will help citizens know to use caution when they travel on specific roads. The report will guide us in our enforcement efforts to help curb offenses that contribute to traffic crashes,” said Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.

The traffic crash report is comprised of specific information regarding the roads and intersections where the most accidents have occurred in the last month, and an update on the number of people killed, injured, or involved in impaired driving incidents.

“Top 10” Crash Locations and Number of Traffic Crashes: February, 2005

• Hacks Cross Road south of Winchester — 10
• Egypt Central Road west of Old Brownsville to Raleigh Millington — 8
• Brunswick north of Highway 64 — 7
• Holmes Road east of Crumpler — 6
• Houston Levee — 5
• Riverside Road south of Shelby Drive — 4
• Canada Road — 4
• Rosemark Road — 4
• Raleigh LaGrange east of Houston Levee — 4
• Germantown Road north of Highway 70 — 3

Other Crash Statistics

• DUI Crashes/Month — 3
• DUI Crashes/Year To Date — 6
• Injury-Related Crashes/Month — 26
• Injury-Related Crashes/Year — 44
• Traffic Crash Fatalities/Month — 0
• Traffic Crash Fatalities/Year — 1

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