One Intersection. 28 Crashes. Locals Say No More.

Of those 28, more than 20 happened because the driver on Nicoll Street ran the stop sign, according to East Rock resident Rishabh Mittal. “There’s a Willow and Nicoll, if you will, in every single neighborhood,” Alder Caroline Tanbee Smith said before a public webinar highlighting the Crash Analysis Studio’s findings. By adopting the Crash Analysis Studio model, the East Rock community is learning to ask better questions—ones that move away from blame and toward understanding why crashes happen in the first place.