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Annual traffic report: crashes down overall, e‑bike incidents rising; signal projects and PD&E scheduled
Summary
Deputy Chief Shane Lunsford presented the 2023–2025 traffic update reporting a 4% decline in crashes (84 fewer from 2024 to 2025), a 17% drop in DUI arrests, but an increase in bicycle/pedestrian non‑incapacitating injuries and 11 e‑bike crashes in 2025 including one fatality on March 13.
Deputy Chief Shane Lunsford delivered the town’s annual traffic update covering January 2023 through December 2025 and highlighted a modest overall decline in crashes and DUI arrests alongside growing concerns about bicycle and pedestrian incidents.
Lunsford said crashes fell 4% from 2024 to 2025 — 84 fewer collisions — and the department recorded a 17% decrease in DUI arrests correlating with a roughly 33% decline in DUI‑related crashes from 2024 to 2025. He said the department’s April 2024 e‑bike safety campaign followed an increase in e‑bike‑related incidents; the department counted 11 e‑bike crashes in 2025, including one fatality on March 13 at Indian Creek Parkway involving a middle‑school student.
Traffic engineering staff and consultant CJ described corridor performance using the travel‑time index (TTI). Signal‑timing adjustments implemented in mid‑April of the previous year produced an estimated 30% improvement in corridor TTI; current average TTI is about 1.5 but daily variation remains. Staff described PD&E work awarded in March for the Central/Indiantown Road intersection with an anticipated three‑year study period and identified corridor projects including a Tonopena Drive complete‑streets project (budgeted in the ballpark of $6 million) and other intersection or crossing safety improvements.
Council members asked for more granular citation and enforcement data for e‑bikes and juveniles. Lunsford and staff said most traffic citations tied to e‑bike enforcement are issued to juveniles and that additional arrest or citation detail could be provided on request. Engineering staff confirmed some corridor widening and intersection‑improvement timelines are tied to FDOT projects and right‑of‑way work; the PD&E study timeline and construction sequencing were described as subject to interlocal agreements and funding.
Town staff said they will provide follow‑up data on e‑bike citations and a closer look at an anomalous spike observed in November 2025 on the crash graph.
