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TRAFFIC SAFETY ON COUNTY ROAD E, LEXINGTON A VENUE, AND AT COUNTY ROAD E/LEXINGTON A VENUE INTERSECTION (QUESTION B) To examine traffic safety, we obtained crash data from the Minnesota Department of Transportation for County Road E and Lexington Avenue along the frontage of the subject site and at the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection for the past five years (2002 to 2006). Based on these crash data, there was only one reported crash (possible injury) at the site access on Lexington A venue. No crashes were reported at the site access on County Road E. A total of two "segment" crashes were reported on Lexington Avenue between County Road E and the site access. Since the proposed development will increase traffic volumes on that segment by only 2.4 percent (percent increase in two-way volumes from 2009 no-build to 2009 build condition), no significant changes are expected in crash frequency on that segment of Lexington A venue. There were a total of74 reported crashes in the Mn/DOT database at the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection in the last five years. This represents a crash rate of 1.36 crashes per million vehicles entering the intersection. Due to the long separation (more than 400 feet) between the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection and the site access points on those two roadways, it is highly unlikely that any of those 74 crashes are due to movements at the access points. The following is a listing of those 74 crashes by severity: . Fatalities = 0 . Incapacitating injury = I . Non-incapacitating injury = 6 . Possible injury = 21 . Property damage only = 46 The above listing indicates that about 90 percent of the crashes are either "possible injury" or "property damage only." Only one reported crash in the past five years involved a serious ('incapacitating") injury, and there were no fatalities. Since the proposed development will increase the traffic volume at the County Road E/Lexington Avenue intersection by only 2,7 percent (percent increase in total volume entering the intersection from 2009 no-build to 2009 build condition), the crash experience at this intersection is not expected to change significantly, One concern that was raised at the Planning Commission meeting on August I was regarding the safety impacts of "weaving" maneuvers due to motorists exiting at the access on County Road E to turn right on to County Road E and then change lanes to turn left on to Lexington Avenue, Based on our review, these maneuvers are not expected to cause any negative safety impacts on County Road E for the following reasons: . Those maneuvers are not truly weaving maneuvers because motorists exiting the site will turn only when there is a gap in eastbound through traffic. . The crash data shows no reported "segment" crashes in the past five years on County Road E between the site access and Lexington A venue, 13