Corpus Christi drivers have had a reputation for years, and crashes are often seen along South Padre Island Drive. However, new statistics from the Metropolitan Planning Organization point to a positive trend.
I looked into how many wrecks are actually happening on SPID.
Robert MacDonald, Metropolitan Planning Organization transportation planning director, has been digging into that exact question.
Car crashes on South Padre Island Drive decrease by over 44 percent
“So, for SPID, a lot of accidents and a lot of fatalities over the years, and when we did our analysis last year on something called the safety action plan, we identified SPID as a high accident location,” MacDonald said…