Video: More than 2,000 people were hit by a car in Charlotte from 2018 to 2022

A Charlotte Observer analysis found more than 2,000 people were hit by a car from 2018 to 2022. The locations of those crashes reflect a familiar shape: an arch.

Some communities within the arch include Wilkinson Boulevard to the west, Beatties Ford Road to the north and North Tryon Street to the east. They recorded some of the highest numbers of severe injuries and fatalities.

They’re also where Charlotte has plotted a majority of its pedestrian- and bicycle-oriented infrastructure improvements.

The following video will show five of the hot spots, within and beyond the crescent, where people were hit and killed along busy thoroughfares in the past five years.

This story was originally published February 10, 2023 at 6:00 AM.

Genna Contino

The Charlotte Observer

Genna Contino previously covered local government for the Observer, where she wrote about Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. She attended the University of South Carolina and grew up in Rock Hill.