A Tempe police officer’s vehicle vehicle collided with a civilian car around 5 a.m. on Baseline Road near Priest Drive under unclear circumstances.
Tempe, AZ. – One person was sent to the hospital after a traffic collision involving a police vehicle that happened Tuesday morning in Tempe.
A Tempe police officer’s vehicle collided with a civilian car around 5 a.m. on Baseline Road near Priest Drive under unclear circumstances.
The police officer was not injured, but the other driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
There were no details about whether the officer was responding to an emergency, and if the siren and lights were activated at the time of the collision.
Both directions of Baseline Road near the crash scene were restricted to one lane following the crash.
In 2023, Tempe experienced a notable increase in total traffic collisions, with 7,299 accidents reported, up from 6,585 in 2022. This continued an upward trend in crash numbers since 2020, though the total remained below the pre-pandemic peak of 8,899 crashes in 2019. The total number of fatalities in Tempe climbed significantly in 2023, reaching 30 deaths compared to 20 the previous year. Injuries also rose slightly to 3,199 in 2023. Drunken driving incidents in 2023 saw 319 crashes, almost identical to the 318 in 2022, but the number of associated fatalities dramatically increased six-fold, from two in 2022 to 12 in 2023.
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