These are the deadliest roads in Fishers
The findings were in a survey conducted by the city as it prepares to apply for a federal Safe Streets For All grant. The government requires public input and a crash analysis of the most dangerous streets in the city to qualify for the money.
Large majorities of more than 700 people participating in the survey said they thought distracted and impaired driving were major causes for car accidents, along with unsafe pedestrian crossings on the busy streets. But the respondents were about evenly split on whether they supported 'road diets,' which are a reduction in travel lanes, to slow down speeders. Large majorities, however, are in favor of 'traffic calming,' features, like raised crosswalks, with an equal number supporting roundabouts as safety measures.
The Department of Transportation required the city to identify its most dangerous roads in a High Injury Network map and supply fatality and crash data on them. Fishers found that 22 of 24 deaths in a five-year period — 2019 through 2023 — happened on seven streets. Police said 30% of the accidents were caused by failure to yield right-of-way and 22% were because of distracted driving.
The study did not include crashes on State Road 37 and I-69.
The deadliest streets, ranked by the number of fatalities, in the report were:
Fatalities: 5.
Injuries: 40.
Crashes: 64.
Length: 8.3 miles.
Crashes per mile: 7.7.
Fatalities: 4.
Injuries: 27.
Crashes: 18.
Miles: 4.2.
Crashes per mile: 4.3.
Fatalities: 4.
Injuries: 30.
Crashes: 23.
Miles: 5.5
Crashes per mile: 4.2.
Fatalities: 3.
Injuries: 23.
Crashes:14.
Miles: 4.8.
Crashes per mile: 2.9.
Fatalities: 2.
Injuries: 40.
Crashes: 29.
Miles: 5.8.
Crashes per mile: 5.
Fatalities: 2.
Injuries: 8.
Crashes. 5.
Miles: 2.
Crashes per mile: 2.5.
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