Tempe police say overall traffic collisions went down 3.9 percent in 2009 but fatal crashes in the city rose.

Rick and Rebecca Smith cannot understand how the life of their grown son is worth just $1,000.

Rick and Rebecca Smith cannot understand how the life of their grown son is worth just $1,000.

A crash in Gilbert sent a 7-year-old to the hospital Monday and closed down streets for more than four hours.

An internal investigation has determined that a Gilbert patrolman was in the wrong when he drove through a red light in October with his squad car lights running but without the siren

A Chandler police officer was injured in a two-car crash Tuesday. The collision occurred at 7:16 a.m. in the westbound lane of state Route 202 at Cooper Road, according to the Department of Public Safety.

As the westbound train barreling through Mesa bore down on his compact car, Kelly Richardson had seconds to react. And he froze.

As the westbound train barreling through Mesa bore down on his compact car, Kelly Richardson had seconds to react. And he froze.

Scottsdale Mayor Mary Manross was involved in a rear-end collision last year that sent a woman to the hospital and totaled her car.

An internal investigation has determined that a Gilbert patrolman failed to stop for a red light and collided with a car while heading to an emergency.

There was nothing Kim Sheley could do but scream.

August 30, 2004

SURPRISE - A Surprise police officer has been airlifted to a hospital after a traffic accident.

Five teenagers were injured, three seriously, when their car lost control and was smashed by another vehicle in Chandler this afternoon.

Two people, both in their 70s, were killed leaving their senior living community on Saturday when they pulled out into the path of a company van from a nearby auto dealership, driven by another man in his 70s.

A woman was injured this morning when her car collided with a train on Dobson Road in Mesa.

A man riding a motorcycle died as a result of a collision with a tractor-trailer Saturday.

A Mesa woman with drugs in her vehicle collided Saturday morning with a DPS officer who was conducting DUI patrols in Mesa, police said.

BEIJING - A high-speed passenger train jumped the tracks and slammed into another train in eastern China on Monday, killing at least 66 people and injuring 247, a state news agency reported.

Gilbert cyclist Wesley Carnes, 49, logged hundreds of miles along Valley roads. But his final ride came Oct. 20, when police say a motorist under the influence of cocaine or methamphetamine clipped Carnes’ bicycle near Lindsay and Baseline roads in Gilbert.

Traffic along eastbound Interstate 10 near Casa Grande will be restricted Wednesday and Thursday as crews fix a section of roadway that melted during a fire after last week’s fatal multivehicle collision. Arizona Department of Transportation crews will remove the damaged asphalt and repave that section of highway. Traffic will be restricted to one lane from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. both days. The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph. Drivers should be alert for construction equipment and personnel and are urged to drive safely through the work zone.