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1,228 people died on Arizona roads in 2024. That's one life every 7 hours and 9 minutes.We pulled the state's own crash ...
06/18/2026

1,228 people died on Arizona roads in 2024. That's one life every 7 hours and 9 minutes.

We pulled the state's own crash records and computed what actually kills. Running a red light is 2.32 times more deadly per crash than driving too fast. A crash at midnight is nearly 8 times more likely to kill than the same crash at 4 PM. And 6 in 10 injury crashes in metro Phoenix happen at an intersection.

Phoenix already named its two deadliest intersections. They sit on the same road. The city won $24.96M to fix that corridor in 2023. Construction doesn't start until 2028.

The full report, every number sourced to ADOT, NHTSA, and MAG:
https://azlawnow.com/data/phoenix-deadliest-intersections/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=deadliest_intersections_data&utm_content=flagship

Arizona logs nearly 6,000 red-light-running crashes a year, and 64 of them are fatal, among the worst rates in the count...
06/17/2026

Arizona logs nearly 6,000 red-light-running crashes a year, and 64 of them are fatal, among the worst rates in the country.

On June 9, one happened on Indian School Road in Phoenix, the same corridor the city had already named one of its deadliest. We're not naming anyone; it's an active case.

The road wasn't a surprise. Phoenix flagged it in its 2022 safety plan, and the federal government put $24.96M toward fixing it. 39 people died on that stretch from 2017 to 2021, and construction begins in 2028.

We sourced every number to the city and the state:
https://azlawnow.com/investigations/phoenix-red-light-running-deaths/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=redlight_indian_school

06/15/2026

In fiscal year 2025, Arizona's State Board for Private Postsecondary Education licensed 237 private career schools, took 37 adverse actions against them, and assisted 9 school closures (PPSE FY25 Key Results).

Federal rules under 34 CFR 668.22 mean students who withdraw before the 60% point in a payment period only keep the aid they've earned pro rata. After 60%, they've earned all of it. School closures hit students before they hit anyone else.

Full investigation and the data: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/arizona-career-schools-37-adverse-actions/

06/15/2026

Buckeye, Arizona grew from 50,876 people in the 2010 Census to 114,334 in the 2024 Census estimate, a 125 percent increase in 14 years. The Watson and Yuma intersection was not redesigned in that window.

When a signalized arterial carries traffic volumes it was never built for, the crash patterns are predictable. And if you've been hurt there, the legal clock is already running. In Arizona, you have 180 days to file a Notice of Claim against a public entity before you can sue (ARS 12-821.01), and one year to file the lawsuit itself (ARS 12-821).

Full structural analysis and the legal framework: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/watson-yuma-buckeye-intersection/

06/14/2026

By February 2026, only 37 of 300 children enrolled with Action Behavior Centers through Mercy Care had successfully transitioned to a new ABA therapy provider. That number comes from AHCCCS's own court declaration.

Three insurers, Mercy Care, Arizona Complete Health, and UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, terminated their ABA contracts. A class-action complaint filed February 6, 2026 estimates upwards of 1,000 Arizona children were affected statewide.

Full investigation and the sources: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/ahcccs-aba-contract-crisis-1000-children/

06/14/2026

SR-347 is the two-lane road most of Maricopa drives to reach the freeway. Over five years, ADOT logged 967 crashes on it, 15 of them fatal. The road carries up to 28,000 vehicles a day, nearly double its practical design capacity. The $396M widening is now under construction.

Full report and the data: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/sr-347-crash-corridor/

06/14/2026

In 2024, 347 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Arizona, 28.26% of every traffic fatality in the state (ADOT 2024 Crash Facts). The peak hour for alcohol crashes is 2 AM to 3 AM. Weekends account for 54.62% of all alcohol-related crashes and 55.13% of alcohol-related fatal crashes. Maricopa County alone accounts for 51.9% of the state's alcohol-related traffic fatalities.

Full report and the data: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/phoenix-dui-crashes-data/

06/13/2026

In Arizona, when a car and a big rig collide and someone dies, 97% of the time it is the people in the car (IIHS, 2023). Maricopa County lost 682 people on its roads in 2024, more than half of every traffic death in the state, and Arizona's large-truck death rate is the worst of seven comparable Sun Belt states.

Full report and the data: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/truck-crashes-maricopa-county-data/

06/13/2026

In Arizona, drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1 to 4. The state's own child-fatality review board counted 36 child drownings in 2024, and judged every one of them preventable. Three in four of the children were under age 5. Three in four drowned in a pool, a hot tub, or a spa.

Arizona law asks for a five-foot pool barrier and a gate that latches on its own (A.R.S. 36-1681). In the deaths reviewed, the barrier was most often missing, or the gate was left open.

Full report and the data: https://azlawnow.com/investigations/arizona-child-drownings/

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