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Committee hears police crash summaries; asks police to request enforcement at I‑49/Weddington ramp
Summary
At the April meeting of the Fayetteville Active Transportation Advisory Committee, a city police captain summarized several recent crashes involving pedestrians, a construction worker and a motorcycle. Committee members requested and police agreed to log a traffic‑enforcement request for the southbound I‑49 to Weddington off‑ramp.
A Fayetteville police captain summarized multiple recent traffic collisions and pedestrian strikes during the Active Transportation Advisory Committee meeting on April (date not specified). Committee members pressed for clarification about circumstances in each crash and requested targeted traffic enforcement at one interchange.
The captain reviewed separate incidents: a private‑property crash at a Walgreens lot (not included in city roadway counts), a construction‑zone incident on the 1200 block of North College in which a worker stepped outside a protected work area and was struck, and at least two pedestrian strikes where pedestrians were crossing away from marked crosswalks. In one case the pedestrian was on a cell phone; in another the pedestrian was described as crossing a dark, isolated section of roadway. The captain said the parties who were struck were transported for possible evaluation but that no serious injuries were reported in the construction‑zone incident and that no citations were issued in some of the pedestrian collisions. The captain explained that accident reconstruction units are deployed only for serious‑injury or fatal crashes.
Committee members asked whether the construction worker should have been cited and whether speed could be determined in the low‑speed construction incident; the captain said exact speeds were not available in the meeting narrative. Members also asked whether unmarked crosswalks on State Highway 156 or near Sunrise Mountain Road would have given legal protection; the captain referenced city ordinance sections and a state statute as governing pedestrian rules but did not read a verbatim statutory citation in the meeting.
Separately, a member said a resident had asked the committee to request enforcement of the “no right on red” restriction at the southbound I‑49 to Weddington off‑ramp because of drivers running reds on the two‑lane ramp. The captain said staff would enter a request for traffic enforcement into the department’s briefing log and that traffic enforcement could be scheduled at the department’s discretion.
Committee members also noted that many pedestrian collisions occur outside marked crossings and stressed education and improved crossing infrastructure where needed. No formal motions or votes were recorded on these items during the meeting.
Less critical details: committee members asked whether incident times, exact speeds and citation outcomes could be made available; the captain said time and narrative details are recorded in police reports but did not provide them at the meeting.
