Both 250 and 64 into Charlottesville look to be disasters. What the hell is going on?
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) December 16, 2015
That felt like a common theme in 2015, particularly in the second half of the year.
64 between Charlottesville (118) and Crozet (107)seemed to have had a lot more crashes in 2015 than in previous years. Maybe this feeling came from more traffic or more awareness via facebook, twitter, and waze, Either way, I wanted to find the answer to this question:
“have there been more crashes on 64 recently?” I’d like to see the last 5 years data between 118 and Crozet …
Another day, another wreck on 64.
"TRAFFIC ALERT: Delays are building on I-64EB because of a wreck at MM116…. https://t.co/dlacs8WisE
— realcrozetva (@realcrozetva) December 17, 2015
As of right now, it looks like 2015 had the fewest crashes in years.
Keep in mind that the 2015 data is preliminary; I’ll provide an update once they send me the final data.
I asked Albemarle County Police, then the State Police, then the County Police, then the DMV, then the State Police, then the DMV. Sigh. And the DMV came through!
2011 through 2015*
2011 through 2015*
The * means “preliminary data.” I’m going to check back with the DMV in late February to see how/if the numbers have changed.
I think these are some of the better thoughts regarding wrecks on 64:
@realcrozetva My 2 cents. (1) Tough area to drive due to AM sun, turns and elevation change; (2) iPhones and driving do not mix…(cont)
— Jon Woodruff (@WoodruffJon) January 15, 2016
@realcrozetva (3) People follow other cars WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY too closely. Car going 70mph travels 102 ft /sec. Should stay 150 ft behind.
— Jon Woodruff (@WoodruffJon) January 15, 2016
Make your own crash data maps at the DMV’s site. Pretty useful, actually.
Would be interesting to see the numbers based on diff times of day b/c I would venture to guess that the number of morning accidents, particularly M-F, have increased drastically over the years!