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Research, data, and prevention reporting on wrong-way driving — from a Phoenix-based road-safety nonprofit.
September 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Night, dawn, and dusk: when wrong-way crashes happen

These crashes cluster hard in specific conditions. That clustering is the reason focused prevention works.

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September 23, 2026 · 3 min read

Older drivers and wrong-way risk

Older drivers are overrepresented in fatal wrong-way crashes. The reasons are specific and mostly addressable — and the conversation deserves more care than it usually gets.

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September 21, 2026 · 3 min read

The off-ramp problem: where wrong-way entries actually begin

Almost every wrong-way trip starts at one identifiable point. That's the strongest argument for engineering solutions over awareness alone.

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September 18, 2026 · 3 min read

What to do if you see a wrong-way driver

The right actions take seconds and are worth knowing before you need them. Read this once and it may be there when it counts.

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September 16, 2026 · 3 min read

Impairment and wrong-way driving

Alcohol-impaired drivers are consistently overrepresented in fatal wrong-way crashes. Understanding why points directly at what prevention has to accomplish.

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September 14, 2026 · 3 min read

How Arizona's wrong-way detection system actually works

ADOT built one of the country's first large thermal-camera wrong-way detection systems on I-17. Here's what it does and what it has found.

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September 11, 2026 · 3 min read

Why wrong-way crashes are so much deadlier than other crashes

It isn't bad luck. It's physics, geometry, and reaction time working together in the worst possible combination.

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September 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Wrong-way crashes are rising. Here's what the data shows.

Fatal wrong-way crashes on U.S. divided highways roughly doubled between 2014 and 2023. The numbers are small, the trend is not, and the pattern points at prevention.

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