More than 50 fatal crashes and 200+ serious injury crashes in the last five years has led Sandy Springs to create a Safety Action Plan to reduce that number.
The Sandy Springs Safety Action Plan was designed to decrease fatal and severe injury crashes. The release said this was accomplished by analyzing data to identify high-crash locations. The Safety Action Plan establishes safety goals, a framework, and an implementation program to achieve safety targets.
Public input meetings will be held in two locations in the city on Thursday, Aug. 29. The North Fulton Government Services Center at 7741 Roswell Road will host the first meeting from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sandy Springs City Hall at 1 Galambos Way will host the second meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. The meetings will cover identical content, according to a news release from the city.
The city reported that between 2018 and 2022, there were approximately 27,500 crashes on Sandy Springs roadways, including I-285, SR 400, Roswell Road, and streets owned by the city.
Data revealed that 33 percent of the fatal crashes occurred on SR 400, with 24 percent on I-285, another 24 percent on Roswell Road and the remaining 19 percent on city-owned streets.
City streets recorded 34 percent of the serious injury crashes, however. SR 400 had 27 percent of the serious injury crashes, I-285 had 25 percent of this type of crash, and Roswell Road had 14 percent.
The city made public presentations and asked for community input as the Safety Action Plan was being developed. An online interactive map allowed city residents and workers to submit locations they considered dangerous, and 266 safety issues were identified. Those locations and residents’ observations can be seen on the Safety Action Plan web page.
The initiative builds on Sandy Springs’ 2021 Transportation Master Plan, which made a safe and connected transportation system a primary objective. It also aligns with the U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All program. The program provides grants to plan, implement, and demonstrate activities that prevent deaths and serious injuries on the nation’s roadways.
For more information, visit spr.gs/safestreets
