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Grand Forks Conducts Selective Traffic Enforcement Project

Posted: Jun 5, 2003
By: Sadie Ripley

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Beginning June 2, 2003 the Grand Forks Police Department will be conducting a Selective Traffic Enforcement project.

The objective of the project is to reduce the number of crashes at locations that have been identified through data analysis as having a high incident of traffic crashes. We will be concentrating enforcement towards violations that have been identified as contributing to crashes. The major contributing violations are:

  • Following too close (28%)
  • Failure to yield right of way* (23%)
  • Speeding (10%)


Locations that have been identified as having the highest incident of traffic crashes are the following intersections and their approaches:
  • Demers Avenue and South Washington Street
  • Gateway Drive and North Washington Street
  • South Columbia Road and Demers Avenue interchange
  • South Columbia Road and 13th Avenue South
  • South Columbia Road and 17th Avenue South
  • South Columbia Road and 24th Avenue South
  • South Columbia Road and 32nd Avenue South

The data was collected from crash reports filed by the Grand Forks Police Department beginning in October of 2000 and runs through the end of May 2003.

The above listed locations accounted for 318 crashes during this time period, 101 of which involved personal injury. The greatest concentration of crashes, 213 (67%), were recorded during daytime hours from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 293 crashes (92%) occurred between 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

The State Insurance Commissioner reports** that insurance companies doing business in the state of North Dakota pay out around 0 million annually in automotive claims. It is estimated*** that crashes in Grand Forks could account for up to million annually.

The objective of this program is to improve safety within the community by reducing the incident of traffic crashes. This will be accomplished by enforcing traffic laws in the areas specified for those specific violations that contribute to crashes and by maintaining visible presence in these areas to deter these violations. Contact: Sgt. Keith Schroeder (701) 746-2742.

* Failure to yield right of way includes Failure to stop
** According to 1999 report
*** Estimate based on market share by region
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