Contact: Sgt. T. Wyatt
Roanoke County Police Department
540-777-8649
twyatt@roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Police to Perform Selective Enforcement on Electric Road in Response to Crash Analysis
ROANOKE COUNTY, VA (July 26, 2012) – The Roanoke County Police Department will be conducting a three week targeted enforcement on Electric Road beginning July 30, 2012. The enforcement will be focused on the approximate half mile stretch of Electric Road between Starkey Road and Franklin Road. An analysis of traffic crashes in Roanoke County during 2011 determined that 18% of the crashes occurred on Electric Road. The Tanglewood Mall area of Electric Road had the highest portion of these crashes. Most of these crashes occurred Monday through Friday between the hours of Noon and 6:00 PM.
The top reasons for these crashes were following too closely, right of way issues, traffic signal violations, and improper lane changes. During the three week campaign, officers will specifically target these and related violations in order to reduce the number of crashes occurring in this area.