The Arizona Department of Transportation launched interactive crash-data dashboards Wednesday, Oct. 7, giving West Valley residents a faster way to examine crashes by city, severity and contributing factor.
The new tools at azdot.gov/CrashFacts replace much of the work previously required to search static annual reports. Users can filter statewide records by county, city or tribal agency, then narrow the results to fatal, injury or property-damage-only crashes.
Other dashboard pages cover safety-device use, impairment and crash descriptions. Charts, tables and maps update as filters are applied, and a historical dashboard provides a 20-year view.
What the latest West Valley figures show
ADOT’s 2024 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts report, the latest completed annual dataset, provides a baseline for the new dashboard. Across Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, Goodyear, Avondale and Buckeye, the report lists 15,026 crashes, including 83 fatal crashes. Those crashes killed 90 people and injured 6,601.
| City | Total crashes | Fatal crashes | People killed | People injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 5,218 | 27 | 29 | 2,064 |
| Peoria | 3,009 | 18 | 21 | 1,502 |
| Surprise | 2,110 | 10 | 10 | 856 |
| Goodyear | 1,869 | 14 | 14 | 862 |
| Avondale | 1,850 | 7 | 9 | 745 |
| Buckeye | 970 | 7 | 7 | 572 |
Raw totals should not be read as a ranking of which city is safest. Population, road mileage, freeway traffic, commuting patterns and the number of vehicle miles traveled differ substantially. A fair comparison would require rates and additional context, not just counts.
How residents can use the dashboards
A resident researching a particular city can select the location filter, choose a severity level and then move among the dashboard’s emphasis areas. Clicking a chart element can apply another filter and reveal more specific tables or mapped results.
The tool can help answer practical questions such as how many fatal crashes occurred in a city, how often alcohol or restraint use was recorded, or whether a crash category has changed over time. The underlying records come from annual crash reports submitted by law-enforcement agencies across Arizona.
The 2024 report counted 121,107 crashes statewide, including 1,117 fatal crashes and 37,376 injury crashes. Maricopa County accounted for 88,094 crashes, or 72.7% of the state total.
ADOT cautions in its annual report that preliminary data may be used when necessary, so figures can change in later publications. The dashboard should be treated as an official statistical resource, not as a real-time incident tracker.
Source note: West Valley Post calculated the six-city totals above from ADOT’s 2024 jurisdiction table. The dashboard launch date and features come from ADOT’s Oct. 7 announcement.
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