THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS RELEASED THEIR ANNUAL MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH FACTS REPORT, WHICH BREAKS-DOWN CRASH FACTS FOR THE STATE IN NUMEROUS CATEGORIES.

THERE WERE 1,294 TRAFFIC FATALITIES ACROSS THE STATE LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 8.6% COMPARED TO 2021. FIGURES SHOW CRASHES ASSOCIATED WITH INAPPROPRIATE SPEED AND SPEEDING ACCOUNTED FOR A GREATER SHARE OF DEATHS AND INJURIES, PROVIDING A SOBERING REMINDER FOR ARIZONANS TO AVOID SUCH UNSAFE DRIVING BEHAVIORS.

PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLIST AND MOTORCYCLIST DEATHS ALL INCREASED LAST YEAR. OVERALL, THE 2022 TRAFFIC FATALITY TOTAL IS THE SECOND-HIGHEST EVER RECORDED IN ARIZONA AND ONLY SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE 1,301 DEATHS RECORDED IN 2006.

IN YAVAPAI COUNTY, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CRASHES WAS 3,930, WITH 249 ALCOHOL-RELATED. PRESCOTT LOGGED THE HIGHEST NUMBER AT 689, WITH PRESCOTT VALLEY SHOWING 530 CRASHES. THERE WERE 50 FATAL CRASHES IN THE COUNTY IN 2022, WITH 58 TOTAL DEATHS REPORTED AND 1,804 REPORTED INJURIES.

6 PEDESTRIANS AND 1 BICYCLIST WERE KILLED IN CRASHES IN THE COUNTY. 9 MOTORCYCLISTS ALSO LOST THEIR LIVES IN CRASHES IN 2022.