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The number of automobile crashes in Peoria has generally held steady at around 3,000 per year, according to a new comprehensive analysis of crash data, 2019 through 2023 from Y2K Engineering.

The notable exception during that time period was 2020, when there was a decrease in the number of total crashes, which was likely the result of traffic pattern changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

There were a total of 61 fatal crashes and 295 serious injury crashes, and 59% of all crashes in Peoria were intersection-related, according to the analysis.

Intersection-related crashes are those that were within150 feet of the center of the intersection.

The study states that fatal and serious injury crashes represent just below 3% of all c

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