The number of serious crashes on area roadways increased slightly in 2025, according to data presented during Wednesday’s meeting of the Michiana Area Council of Governments’ Transportation Technical Advisory Committee.
Elkhart, Kosciusko, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties had a combined 442 crashes resulting in serious injury or death last year. Traffic Data Planner David Harker says that’s a three-percent increase from 2024. “It is still down from 2023 and certainly a decrease from even years past,” Harker told committee members.
For example, the number of serious crashes in 2021 was more than 1,400, according to MACOG’s online dashboard…