A pedestrian died and another suffered minor injuries Sunday morning after a vehicle struck them at 67th Avenue and Broadway Road in west Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Deputies who responded to the scene found both victims after they were hit. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other was taken to a nearby hospital.
The crash was reported by AZ Family, which noted that it remains unclear whether the driver stayed at the scene or whether charges will be filed. The identities of the people struck have not been publicly released, and the investigation into exactly what happened remains open. Deputies are urging drivers to avoid the area while the probe continues.
Sunday's crash marks the second fatal pedestrian collision on the Broadway Road corridor in less than a week. Just four days earlier, Hoodline reported on a pedestrian killed near 103rd Avenue as police investigated nearby gunfire.
A History of Danger at This Exact Intersection
This isn't the first time 67th Avenue and Broadway Road has seen tragedy. Back in March 2023, a driver who ran a red light struck another vehicle at the same intersection, killing one person and seriously injuring another, according to a case history compiled by Tobler Law. The corridor has also seen other fatal incidents nearby, including a January 2024 crash further north on 67th Avenue at Thomas Road that killed one person and injured three others.
Phoenix has a broad grid of wide, multilane arterial roads, with speed limits between 40 and 45 mph, according to an analysis from Law Badgers PLLC.
Phoenix's Broader Pedestrian Safety Crisis
The stakes extend well beyond this one intersection. Phoenix's Safe Streets for All report examines pedestrian safety and crash patterns.
Maricopa County alone accounted for 158 pedestrian deaths and 1,516 pedestrian crashes in 2024 — about 60 percent of all pedestrian fatalities recorded statewide, according to data compiled by AZ Law Now. The same analysis found that 200 of 261 fatal pedestrian crashes statewide in 2024 occurred in dark conditions, pointing to nighttime and early-morning visibility as a critical risk factor on major roads.
There is some encouraging news at the state level. Total traffic fatalities across Arizona fell 5.2 percent in 2025 to 1,156 deaths, marking a third consecutive year of decline, though state transportation officials cautioned that totals remain near historic highs, per 12 News.
What the Law Requires — and What City Hall Is Doing
Under Arizona Revised Statute § 28-792, drivers are required to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians crossing within marked crosswalks or unmarked crosswalks, which exist by default at every street intersection statewide. Separately, ARS § 28-661 makes clear that a driver involved in a collision resulting in injury or death who fails to immediately stop and render aid can face felony charges carrying up to 12.5 years in prison — a statute that could become relevant depending on what investigators determine about Sunday's crash.
The City of Phoenix has been pouring resources into combating these kinds of crashes since adopting its Vision Zero Road Safety Action Plan in 2022. The city has tapped a $500 million bond program to install LED street lighting, modern traffic signals, and HAWK pedestrian crossing beacons along high-injury corridors. Earlier this year, Phoenix also launched a photo safety program using 17 mobile speed-monitoring cameras rotated across high-crash corridors and school zones, aiming to curb the kind of speeding that makes crashes on roads like Broadway more lethal.
For now, MCSO's investigation into Sunday's crash continues, with key questions — including the identities of those involved, whether the driver remained at the scene, and whether speed or impairment played a role — still unanswered.
