Corridor 7: S Beach Street
S Beach Street runs north to south between Avenue H and Mitchell Boulevard. It is on the Motor Vehicle HIN. Context S Beach Street functions as a major arterial corridor. Sycamore Park and Polytechnic Senior High School are located just north of this study area. The roadway consists of four to five lanes with a median between Avenue I and Mitchell Blvd. There are contin uous sidewalks present on both sides of the road. The corridor is approximately 0.22 miles in length. The speed limit on the corridor is 40 mph. It is signed as a commercial delivery route. The typical pavement width ranges from 62 to 83 feet (including me dian width), while the right-of- way width is approximately 92 to 115 feet. The Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) for this corridor is 10,088 , according to the 2022 TPP Statewide Traffic Count Map. Crash History A crash data analysis was performed for the S Beach Street corridor to understand the contributing factors and identify focus areas for countermeasures. From 2019 to 2023, 66 total crashes occurred on S Beach Street between Avenue H and Mitchell Boulevard. About 32% of crashes occurred at dusk or night. There was one crash involving a motorcycle which was a KSI crash. There was one fatal crash that happened at Mitchell Boulevard. Figure 19 shows the spatial distribution of crashes in the S Beach Street corridor. Table 103 shows the summary of the crash data by collision manner for the Ellis Avenue corridor. Table 104 shows the top five contributing factors as noted in the crash reports for Ellis Avenue. Table 105 summarizes the KSI crashes ( three) that occurred on this corridor.
Table 103: S Beach Street Collision Manner, if noted Intersection (C losest reported) Angle Crash
One Motor Vehicle
Opposite Direction
Same Direction
Total
AVENUE H AVENUE I AVENUE J
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1
1
1
3 1 7
1 3
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4 1
MITCHELL BLVD
15
1
7
24
98
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