The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has started work on a dust detection system that it hopes will reduce the number of collisions caused by dust storms on a stretch of Interstate 10. ADOT is installing equipment for long- and short-range radar and closed-circuit video cameras to help the department…
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A fatal crossover crash claimed one life near Nogales yesterday. Two accidents closed portions of I-19 near Nogales yesterday. In one of the crashes, one person died, and nine others were treated for injuries in the head-on collision Thursday morning. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), a…
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Arizona had yet another median crossover crash this past Friday, involving 13 people and this time, an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) vehicle was involved in the incident. The crash occurred on Interstate 40, an east-west Interstate that crosses Northern Arizona. The driver of a minivan lost control of her vehicle…
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A portion of Interstate 10 was closed for hours yesterday as Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers investigated a multi-vehicle, fatal crossover crash near Picacho. The fatal crash involved two semi trucks and other vehicles and closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near Marana, causing a 10-mile backup…
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According to a recent Arizona Republic article, the fatal accident rate on urban Phoenix freeways is 61 percent higher than the national average. And according to Arizona Department of Transporation's (ADOT) “Strategic Highway Safety Plan,” the Arizona statewide fatal crash rate is about 33 percent higher (2005) than the United…
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A deadly I-10 bus accident near Palm Springs claimed the lives of thirteen people and injured thirty-one others last month. A tour bus slammed into a semi-truck at a near standstill due to traffic on the highway. The bus accident on I-10 is one the most deadly in California history. Officials haven't…
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