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Board hears repeated crash hot spots on Highway 99/Sunset and Bell Road; members ask for infrastructure review
Summary
Advisory members and Sherwood police discussed recurring serious crashes at the 99/Sunset intersection and Bell Road approaches, and asked staff to coordinate on engineering remedies and county jurisdiction matters.
Board members and police staff reviewed recent crash data and recurring hazards at Highway 99 near Sunset Boulevard and at Bell Road approaches, and discussed possible engineering and interagency responses.
Staff said Sherwood responds to many serious crashes on 99 and Sunset, including multiple t-bone collisions, and provided three-year counts: 30 crashes at 99 and Roy Rogers and 66 crashes on 99 in another counted location over three years. “We generally respond and are the first responding with ABL, based on our locations… We had 30 crashes at 99 and Roy Rogers over the last 3 years… and then we had 66 crashes at 99 in some sort of bonus 3 years,” the presenter said. Board members noted speed, sight lines and signal timing as recurring concerns and asked whether county or state engineering work could help — for example, a merge lane or clearer turn treatments for northbound access from Bell Road.
Why it matters: repeated high-speed collisions create public-safety and emergency-response burdens and influence traffic-safety priority-setting. Staff said some crash patterns involve vehicles arriving from mountain routes at high speed and making left turns onto 99, producing t-bone collisions.
The presenter also noted that red-light camera revenue has fallen with changing driver behavior and construction, removing a past source of traffic-related funds. Board members suggested staff pursue engineering reviews, coordination with neighboring jurisdictions and targeted safety campaigns.
Ending: Staff said it will continue tracking crash data and coordinate with county or state partners on potential design changes and mitigation.
