https://nmwwd.org/blog/ Research, data, and prevention reporting on wrong-way driving — from a Phoenix-based road-safety nonprofit. en-usSun, 27 Sep 2026 17:22:13 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/when-wrong-way-crashes-happen/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/when-wrong-way-crashes-happen/ These crashes cluster hard in specific conditions. That clustering is the reason focused prevention works. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/older-drivers-and-wrong-way-risk/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/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. Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/the-off-ramp-problem/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/the-off-ramp-problem/ Almost every wrong-way trip starts at one identifiable point. That's the strongest argument for engineering solutions over awareness alone. Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/what-to-do-if-you-see-a-wrong-way-driver/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/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. Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/impairment-and-wrong-way-driving/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/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. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/how-arizona-thermal-camera-system-works/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/how-arizona-thermal-camera-system-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. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/why-wrong-way-crashes-are-deadlier/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/why-wrong-way-crashes-are-deadlier/ It isn't bad luck. It's physics, geometry, and reaction time working together in the worst possible combination. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://nmwwd.org/blog/wrong-way-crashes-are-rising/ https://nmwwd.org/blog/wrong-way-crashes-are-rising/ 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. Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000