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Crash Maps and Statistics
Seattle Crashes and the Greenwood Map of Pain
The enormity of pedestrian crashes can barely be imagined. In Seattle from 2001 to 2006 more than 2500 pedestrians were hit by vehicles.* More than 400 incidents were fatal or disabling. That is about 75 people in one US city per year who lose their lives or face a disabling injury, such as a brain or spinal injury. This in the "safest" US city for pedestrians.
The data points on the map below represent individuals who were stopped and dropped in their tracks, bikes and pedestrians, in one Seattle neighborhood, 2001-2006. It could be your neighborhood.
The difference between life and death, or a lifetime of disability is mostly a matter of vehicle speed: 95% survival at 20mph versus 15% survival at 40mph.
Greater Greenwood Bicycle and Pedestrian Crashes with Automobiles
Seattle north of the ship canal and between 15th Ave NW and Interstate 5.
Data from Seattle Department of Transportation, January 2001 through June 2006
Click for a map of Greenwood crashes (PDF).
A total of 9 fatalities and 61 disabling crashes were reported for the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle, an average of more than one fatality per year, and almost one disabling crash per month.
High Crash Areas:
- 21 incidents were reported on Fremont Ave between 34th and 36th Streets, including one fatality. Most of those incidents involved bicycles.
- 12 incidents were reported on Phinney Ave between 62nd and 67th Streets, centered on 65th Street.
- At least 48 incidents were reported along Greenwood Ave, the most in North-Central Seattle, with 26 occurring in the 1.5 miles between 79th and 107th Streets:
- 5 within a block of 80th
- 7 within about a block of 86th
- 5 within about a block of 91st
- 3 at 97th
- 2 within a block of 100th
- 4 within two blocks of Northgate Way
- 21 incidents were reported on Stone Way between 36th and 50th Streets.
- 14 incidents were reported in a five-block stretch of 45th Street in Wallingford.
Click for a table of all crash incidents in a 1MB page (slow on dial-up connections).
Credits:
- Map by Pierre Kwan
- Spreadsheet after John C. Todd, Jr.
* Based on WSDOT Data and Analysis of 10/18/06: Reported Collisions in Seattle City Limits January 1,
2001 through June 30, 2006.
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