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Memo
Date: March 4, 2013
To: City Council
From: Traffic Safety Advisory Committee
Subject: City of Prior Lake Vehicular Accidents
The Traffic Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC) was requested by the City Council to review
accident data for the City of Prior Lake and provide recommendations to alleviate the rising
accident rates within the City. The table below shows total reported traffic accidents as well as
segregation by categories.
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Fatal Motor Vehicle
Accidents
1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0
Personal Injury Motor
Vehicle Accidents
99 60 52 59 55 41 39 44 32 47 62
Property Damage
Accidents
334 316 319 350 293 287 308 300 288 252 288
Personal Injury Hit &
Run Accidents
3 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0
Hit & Run Property
Damage Accidents
89 119 102 83 85 99 85 71 106 89 86
Motor Vehicle Deer
Accidents
- - - - - 19 17 15 4 6 19
All Other Accidents 37 34 44 43 36 28 43 36 40 40 13
TOTAL 563 534 517 535 471 475 495 469 473 436 468
Analysis of the Data:
• Traffic accidents decreased from 2010 to 2012 (data reviewed at meeting) with
substantially decrease from 2002 to 2012.
• 12 year average is 453 accidents.
• Accident occurrences have leveled from 2006 to 2012.
• Early 2000’s had higher occurrence of accidents.
• Average of 1.2 incidents per day from 2010 - 2012
The item was reviewed at the January 9, 2013 TSAC meeting. At the TSAC meeting, only data
from 2010 to 2012 was shared. An open dialogue was held with some key points that should be
noted.
• With an average of 1.2 incidents per day, the Committee Members felt that the number of
traffic accidents within City limits were reasonable.
• Committee members requested that additional data be queried for broader comparison.
• Compare data with other surrounding communities.
After review of the data and discussing ways to reduce accidents, the Committee has the
following recommendations:
• Focus efforts at high traffic accident frequency areas and implement site specific traffic
controls after studying each site
• Collaborate with police department on education for distracted driving.
• Use message sign on County Road 21 to warn of distracted driving.