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Shafter hears CSAP update citing 217 injury collisions and high-injury corridors
Summary
Consultants told the Shafter City Council that a five-year crash analysis found 217 injury collisions citywide, identified intersections and specific corridors as priorities, and recommended targeted countermeasures and grant-backed projects ahead of a planned December adoption.
Consultants from TJKM presented an update on the city's Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP), telling the Shafter City Council that a five-year collision analysis found "a total of 217 injury collisions that occurred on the city as well as the state highway system." The presentation mapped high-injury corridors and intersections and listed nine fatalities and 28 serious-injury crashes among the recorded incidents.
"Intersections are the dominant safety challenge as 78% of the city street collisions occurred at the intersections," the TJKM presenter said, and recommended a framework of targeted countermeasures so the city can compete for state and federal safety grants. The consultant also noted the plan includes a safe routes to school component that examines a 1.5-mile radius around each public school.
Council members raised local hotspots including Central Avenue and Central Valley Highway and concerns about train crossings and students crossing Shafter Avenue. The consultant said project identification will be informed by community input through an interactive project website and survey launching next week and by steering committee feedback; the team plans to return to council by December to request adoption of the final plan.
