WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After a hit-and-run crash killed a father in West Palm Beach earlier this week, WPTV is taking a closer look at crash statistics throughout the city.
West Palm Beach police stats show from Dec. 1, 2018 through June 19, 2019 they investigated 53 hit-and-run crashes that involved injuries. Police were not able to separate out which crashes involved fatalities.
Here's a map showing where some of those crashes happened in the city:
In that same time frame, West Palm Beach police statistics show 625 vehicle crashes with injuries.
In August 2018, the city launched the Vision Zero initiative, which aims to reduce the number of deadly crashes on city streets. Click here to read more.
Below is a list of West Palm Beach crash locations in that time frame: