“People are going fast down this road because they can”

Cameron Thompson at WTVR has a great look at the speeding and car violence issues on Semmes Avenue:

According to the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ Traffic Records Electronic Data System (TREDS), there have been dozens of crashes on Semmes Avenue between Forest Hill and Cowardin. By CBS 6’s count, there have been 110 crashes involving property damage in 2019 and 42 crashes where one or more people were injured.

RPD notes the number could be higher as not every crash that occurs is reported and entered into the TREDS system. Officials noted there is a delay in the uploading of crash data. Wednesday’s deadly crash was not showing on TREDS as of Friday morning.