Research series
Crash Atlas
A growing collection of city- and county-level studies of truck-involved fatal and severe-injury collisions across US metro areas. Each edition catalogs corridor-level patterns, time-of-day peaks, victim demographics, and pedestrian/cyclist deaths — all from publicly available crash records, with the raw data downloadable for republication.
Editions
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19 major US cities (national) (2018 - 2024)
Truck-involved fatalities across 19 major US cities. Vision Zero adoption alone doesn't predict outcomes: of 17 VZ adopters, 8 cut truck deaths and 9 did not. NYC saw deaths rise 13% despite 12 years of Vision Zero.
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Los Angeles County, California (2015 - 2024)
617 truck-involved deaths over 10 years. I-5 (Golden State) is the deadliest corridor - 3× more than I-710. Peak hour: 2 AM.
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City of Chicago, Illinois (2017 - 2024)
66 truck-involved deaths over 8 years. Pulaski Rd is the deadliest arterial. Vision Zero working: deaths down 45% from 2017 baseline. Peak hour: 9 AM delivery rush.
About the series
Each Crash Atlas edition follows the same methodology: pull the relevant state's crash dataset (SWITRS in California, FARS for federal, plus state-specific equivalents elsewhere), restrict to truck-involved KSI (Killed or Severely Injured), clean and geocode, then publish the headline findings alongside the raw data.
The goal is to make corridor-level truck-crash data legible to journalists, transportation planners, and the general public — with citations to the original public sources and a downloadable dataset for anyone who wants to republish.
Coverage plan: California (Los Angeles → San Francisco Bay Area → Central Valley), Texas (Houston → Dallas/Fort Worth → San Antonio), Illinois (Chicago), Georgia (Atlanta), and Florida (Miami → Tampa → Jacksonville) over the next 12 months. The shared methodology page below explains the data layer behind every edition.
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