3/30/2022 3:31pm. [this was several months ago]
both the tandem and vehicle were southbound S 2nd St at intersection of Ajo Way. This is a signalized intersection, it is an entrance/exit to Veteran’s Hospital complex.
The bicyclists were struck when the driver turned right from 2nd Ave, as they were crossing southbound in the marked crosswalk, which is in effect a trail crossing of the Julian Wash Greenway; the cyclists presumably had been heading east on the trail, where it crosses from the North to the South side at the intersection of Ajo Way.
The driver was elderly (85 / M).
A news item suggests the female bicyclist died “months” after the crash “The Tucson Police Department said it was notified Sunday, May 29, that 77-year-old Roxana Jo Fudge passed away due to her injuries.” That timeline might not be accurate, it was already listed in crash database as a fatality on 5/7. I mention this only because, if the death did not occur within 30 days, it will not be “counted” in FARS as a fatality…. for the time being, will add the “non-traffic” tag as a reminder to check FARS when it becomes available (typically late 2023) [UPDATE asdm incident 3900210 as of 5//2023 has it as two incapacitating injuries (no fatal), so would not expect it to appear in FARS]
The other victim, 75/M was the spouse.
This is the only tandem fatal crash in Arizona (back to 2009).
In the state crash database, it was coded as 3 units; one MV and two bicycles… I had wondered if it could or should be coded instead as two units(?)
The driver was faulted for FAILURE TO YIELD; though police tend to be inconsistent in this circumstance (right hook; especially right hook involving a bicyclist in a crosswalk)
Other oddities, some of the Total counts in the incident file seem off/wrong — e.g. the TotalMotoristInjuries is 1, but the only motorist involved was listed as no injury; which makes me wonder how that field get filled (is it computed?) [again, this was apparently corrected later]
See dump of May 2023 database record below, the driver is faulted FTY.
3900210 2022-03-30 15:31:00 Ajo Way / 2nd Ave
*************************** 1. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
Microfilm: 0
ADOTReceivedDate: 2022-05-07 00:00:00
Status: 200
DataConv2008Flag: 0
IncidentDate: 2022-03-30
IncidentDateTime: 2022-03-30 15:31:00
IncidentYear: 2022
IncidentMonth: 3
IncidentDayOfWeek: 4
IncidentHour: 15
OfficerNcic: 1003
OfficerId: 0
FileNumber: 2203300139
ExtendedNcic: 1003
DamageOverLimitFlag: 0
PhotosTakenFlag: 0
PhotographerName:
PhotographerID: 0
PhotographerAgency:
InvestigatedAtSceneFlag: 0
DateTimeInvestigated: NULL
CollisionManner: OTHER_97
LightCondition: DAYLIGHT
FirstHarmfulEvent: PEDALCYCLE
FirstHarmfulLocation: BAD_VALUE_0
TotalUnits: 3
TotalMotorists: 1
TotalNonMotorists: 2
TotalInjuries: 2
TotalFatalities: 0
TotalMotoristsInjuries: 0
TotalNonMotoristsInjuries: 2
TotalMotoristsFatalities: 0
TotalNonMotoristsFatalities: 0
InjurySeverity: 4
MedicalTransportFlag: 0
FatalAccidentFlag: 0
TowAwayFlag: 0
NscReportable: BAD_VALUE_0
SchoolBusRelatedFlag: 0
WorkZoneRelatedFlag: 0
WorkersPresentFlag: 0
AlcoholInvolvementFlag: 0
DrugInvolvementFlag: 0
HazardousFlag: 0
HitAndRunFlag: 0
OnRoad: Ajo Way
CrossingFeature: 2nd Ave
Offset: -10
OffsetMeasuredFlag: 0
OffsetUnit: 0
MPNum: 0
MPOffset: 0
CityId: 310
CountyId: 19
StateId: 3
StateCode: AZ
CountryCode:
Latitude: 32.1778730298803
Longitude: -110.962907907955
ValidLocationFlag: 1
LocationToolVersion:
HESIntersectionFlag: 0
IntersectionFlag: 1
IntersectionRouteID: 0
IntersectionATISCode:
TrafficWayType: TWO_WAY_NOT_DIVIDED_WITH_CONTINUOUS_LEFT_TURN_LANE
IntersectionType: NOT_REPORTED_255
JunctionRelation: INTERSECTION_RELATED
Weather:
PropertyDamageOwnerCode:
PropertyDamageDescCode: 0
OffsetDirection: 4
SecondaryCrashFlag: 0
*************************** 1. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959560
UnitNumber: 1
PersonID: 11428941
PersonNumber: 1
PersonType: DRIVER
ZipCode: 0
Age: 85
Sex: M
SeatPosition: 11
SafetyDevice: UNKNOWN_99
Airbag: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
InjuryStatus: NO_INJURY
Ejection: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
Extraction: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
NonMotoristLocation: NOT_REPORTED_255
AlcoholUseFlag: 0
BACResult: 0
TestTypeA: NO_TEST_0
DrugUseFlag: 0
DrugType: BAD_VALUE_0
TestTypeD: 0
TransportSource: NOT_TRANSPORTED_0
TransportedTo:
InjuryArea: 0
InjuryDesc: 0
Violation1: FAILED_TO_YIELD_RIGHT_OF_WAY_103
Violation2: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
*************************** 2. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959561
UnitNumber: 2
PersonID: 11428942
PersonNumber: 1
PersonType: PEDALCYCLIST
ZipCode: 0
Age: 75
Sex: M
SeatPosition: 255
SafetyDevice: UNKNOWN_99
Airbag: UNDEFINED_MINUS1
InjuryStatus: INCAPACITATING_INJURY
Ejection: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
Extraction: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
NonMotoristLocation: MARKED_CROSSWALK_AT_INTERSECTION
AlcoholUseFlag: 0
BACResult: 0
TestTypeA: NO_TEST_0
DrugUseFlag: 0
DrugType: BAD_VALUE_0
TestTypeD: 0
TransportSource: NOT_TRANSPORTED_0
TransportedTo: MED0257 / EMS
InjuryArea: 0
InjuryDesc: 0
Violation1: NO_IMPROPER_ACTION
Violation2: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
*************************** 3. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959562
UnitNumber: 3
PersonID: 11428943
PersonNumber: 1
PersonType: PEDALCYCLIST
ZipCode: 0
Age: 77
Sex: F
SeatPosition: 255
SafetyDevice: HELMET_USED
Airbag: UNDEFINED_MINUS1
InjuryStatus: INCAPACITATING_INJURY
Ejection: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
Extraction: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
NonMotoristLocation: MARKED_CROSSWALK_AT_INTERSECTION
AlcoholUseFlag: 0
BACResult: 0
TestTypeA: NO_TEST_0
DrugUseFlag: 0
DrugType: BAD_VALUE_0
TestTypeD: 0
TransportSource: NOT_TRANSPORTED_0
TransportedTo:
InjuryArea: 0
InjuryDesc: 0
Violation1: NO_IMPROPER_ACTION
Violation2: NOT_APPLICABLE_0
*************************** 1. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959560
UnitNumber: 1
UnitType: DRIVER
TravelDirection: SOUTH
RoadAlignment: STRAIGHT
RoadGrade: LEVEL
Lane: RIGHT_TURN_1_40
UnitAction: MAKING_RIGHT_TURN
MostHarmfulEvent: BAD_VALUE_0
HitAndRunFlag: 0
RoadCondition1: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
RoadCondition2: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
EnvConditionDesc1: No Contributing Circumstances
EnvConditionDesc2:
VehicleStateCode: AZ
RegYear: 1
BodyStyleDesc: Passenger 12Pu Pickup 1 2 Ton
MakeDesc: Dodg Dodge
ColorDesc: GRN_GREEN
BusFlag: 0
GVWRFlag: 0
HazmatFlag: 0
PostedSpeed: 40
EstimatedSpeed: 15
DisabledFlag: 0
DamageArea: NONE_0
DefectDesc1: No Contributing Circumstances
DefectDesc2:
EventSequence1: PEDALCYCLE
EventSequence2: PEDALCYCLE
EventSequence3: BLANK_0
EventSequence4: BLANK_0
ControlType: SIGNAL
SurfaceCondition1: DRY
DistractedDriving: 99
eDistractedDriving: UNKNOWN_DISTRACTION_99
*************************** 2. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959561
UnitNumber: 2
UnitType: PEDALCYCLIST
TravelDirection: SOUTH
RoadAlignment: STRAIGHT
RoadGrade: LEVEL
Lane: LANE_2
UnitAction: CROSSING_ROAD
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HitAndRunFlag: 0
RoadCondition1: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
RoadCondition2: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
EnvConditionDesc1: No Contributing Circumstances
EnvConditionDesc2:
VehicleStateCode: NA
RegYear: 0
BodyStyleDesc: Invalid
MakeDesc: Invalid
ColorDesc:
BusFlag: 0
GVWRFlag: 0
HazmatFlag: 0
PostedSpeed: 0
EstimatedSpeed: 0
DisabledFlag: 0
DamageArea: NONE_0
DefectDesc1:
DefectDesc2:
EventSequence1: MOTOR_VEHICLE_IN_TRANSPORT
EventSequence2: BLANK_0
EventSequence3: BLANK_0
EventSequence4: BLANK_0
ControlType: SIGNAL
SurfaceCondition1: DRY
DistractedDriving: 0
eDistractedDriving: NOT_DISTRACTED_0
*************************** 3. row ***************************
IncidentID: 3900210
UnitID: 7959562
UnitNumber: 3
UnitType: PEDALCYCLIST
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RoadAlignment: STRAIGHT
RoadGrade: LEVEL
Lane: LANE_2
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HitAndRunFlag: 0
RoadCondition1: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
RoadCondition2: NO_CONTRIBUTING_CIRCUMSTANCES
EnvConditionDesc1: No Contributing Circumstances
EnvConditionDesc2:
VehicleStateCode: NA
RegYear: 0
BodyStyleDesc: Invalid
MakeDesc: Invalid
ColorDesc:
BusFlag: 0
GVWRFlag: 0
HazmatFlag: 0
PostedSpeed: 0
EstimatedSpeed: 0
DisabledFlag: 0
DamageArea: NONE_0
DefectDesc1:
DefectDesc2:
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EventSequence2: BLANK_0
EventSequence3: BLANK_0
EventSequence4: BLANK_0
ControlType: SIGNAL
SurfaceCondition1: DRY
DistractedDriving: 99
eDistractedDriving: UNKNOWN_DISTRACTION_99