In March, ìThe New Falcon Heraldî began a series on problem intersections in the Falcon area. The first in the series focused on the intersection of Meridian Road and Londonderry Drive; the second on the intersections of Flower Road and Meridian Road and the intersection of Bent Grass Meadows Drive and Meridian Road; the third on the intersection of Highway 24 and Garrett Road; the fourth on the intersection of McLaughlin Road and Old Meridian Road; the fifth on the intersection of Rex Road and Meridian Road; the sixth on the intersection of Meridian Road and Woodmen Road; and the last on the intersection of Stapleton Drive and Highway 24.According to those articles, failure to yield right-of-way and inattentive driving were the lead causes of accidents at each intersection.This month, the series focuses on all of Londonderry Drive, east of Meridian Road, until it connects with Eastonville Road.According to the Colorado State Patrolís statistics team, 55 accidents have occurred along that stretch of road from January 2013 to the present. Nine of those accidents resulted in injuries, one fatal. Five of the nine accidents have occurred since May. The remaining 46 accidents resulted in property damage only.According to the records provided by the CSP statistics team, 31 of the 55 accidents occurred between 7 and 9 a.m. (before school commute times) and 2 p.m. and 4 (after school commute times) on days when school for El Paso County Colorado School District 49 was in session. Four of the five accidents resulting in injury for 2018 occurred during these times, the statistics show.Hilary Schwindt with the central records unit of the CSP, wrote in an email, ìI spoke to my statistician, and she said they no longer have the bandwidth to continue to do detailed analysis.îEditorís note: El Paso County engineering manager Jennifer Irvine and the EPC communications team has been contacted several times over the last few weeks so this article could be published with input from the county. After unmet promises that she would finally return calls the week of Nov. 19, we decided to publish what we have ó without the county.
