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68 <br /> lib <br /> 1.5 Safety <br /> Corridor Overview <br /> The Study Team analyzed reported crashes between August 2017 through July 2022 along US 70 from SR 1965(Moore <br /> Street)in Alamance County to 25'north of US 70 Business/SR 1562(Palmers Grove Church Road)in Orange County to <br /> provide an overview of how the corridor is performing and identify potential crash patterns or hotspots.The total crash <br /> rate was higher on US 70 than the corresponding critical crash rate determined by comparing the corridor with similar <br /> facilities in North Carolina(Table 13A-Left). Crash rates along US 70 also exceeded the respective critical rates for non- <br /> fatal injury,night(dark),and run-off road crashes.The crash rates for fatal crashes and crashes occurring under wet <br /> conditions did not exceed their respective critical crash rates. Crashes reported during the same period along US 70 <br /> Business from SR 1009(S Churton Street) to NC 751 were analyzed as well.Similarly,the total,non-fatal injury,night <br /> (dark), and run-off road crashes exceeded their respective critical rates,and the fatal and wet crash rates did not(Table <br /> 13B-Right). <br /> Table IRA: US 70 Corridor Crash Rates Table 13B: US 70 BusinessCrash Rates <br /> US 70 Crashes Per Statewide Critical Seg.A Crashes Per 'Statewide Critical <br /> Rate Crashes 100 MVM Rate' Rate 2 Rale gashes 100 MVM Rate' Rate 2 <br /> Total 828 330.18 263.25 280.30 Total 165 34011 263.25 302.60 <br /> Fatal 4 1.60 1.32 2.71 Fatal 0 0.00 1.32 5.06 <br /> Nan-Fatal 239 9531 73.07 82.15 Non-Fatal 42 86.57 73.07 0420 <br /> Night 210 83 74 57.83 65.93 Night 42 86.57 57.83 7682 <br /> wet 115 45.86 43.32 50.36 Wet 22 45.35 43.32 59.90 <br /> Run-Off Road 2.10 9571 45.46 52 66 Run-Off Road 25 51.53 45.46 62.11 <br /> 12017-2021 statewide crash rate for 2-lane undivided urban US Routes <br /> 2Based on the statewide crash rate (95%level of confidence) <br /> There were 828 recorded crashes in the study corridor during the analysis period.Rear-end collisions accounted for 366 <br /> crashes(44%of total crashes).These crashes occurred frequently throughout multiple sections of the study area especially <br /> near isolated intersections and areas with transitions between rural and urban conditions.The frequency of rear-end <br /> crashes could be attributable to multiple interrelated causes including sections with curves,numerous driveways and <br /> 66 US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study Existing Conditions Report <br />