Committee hears improving crash figures but flags a June incident involving a wheelchair user

The committee reviewed monthly police-report figures and noted a drop in crashes versus last year: zero reported in May and one in June, leaving a year-to-date total of two through June compared with six at the same point last year. Committee members characterized the trend as an improvement but said they remain short of a zero-crash target.

A member asked whether a June 9 Valley News report about a person in a wheelchair struck in the Walmart parking lot had been recorded as a pedestrian crash in the city's figures; committee members said the police likely classified it as a pedestrian incident but would confirm when official figures are released.