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Speeding is increasing across Edmonton, and new data from the City highlights a number of intersections where collisions, serious injuries, and excessive speeding are the most concentrated.

Data provided to Daily Hive by the City of Edmonton shows speeding is on the rise across much of the city, with several intersections standing out for high crash counts and a growing number of excessive speed violations.

A recent study done with the University of Alberta found that speeding at the vast majority of monitored locations, and in the most concerning cases, vehicles travelling between 20 and 29 km/hr over the posted speed limit increased by 87 per cent.

“2025 has seen a significant increase in high-risk driver behaviour, specifically speeding,” said Jessica Lamarre, director of Safe Mobility with the City of Edmonton.

“While the City is no longer permitted to issue speeding violations through our intersection safety devices, we continue to closely monitor the data from those locations.”

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Lamarre says speed plays a role in every collision and was the direct cause of 57 per cent of traffic fatalities in Edmonton in 2023.

In response, the City of Edmonton is looking into exemptions to the Alberta government’s limits on automated traffic enforcement, to allow speed-on-green cameras to return at select locations.

To qualify under provincial rules, the City has to show that an intersection has unusually high collision rates or a history of serious injuries or fatalities, and that other safety measures are ineffective or aren’t possible.

Using speed and collision data from 2022 to 2024, the City identified intersections where speeding is most concentrated, falling into two categories: those with more than 50 crashes per year and those with a history of serious injuries or fatalities.

The locations identified below meet the provincial criteria and are where the City says automated traffic enforcement could have the greatest impact:

Intersections with 50 or more crashes per year

High-speed violations refer to vehicles travelling more than 20 km/h over the posted speed limit.

97th Street and 167th Avenue: 835 speed violations and 62 high-speed violations per year

91st Street and 34th Avenue: 25 per cent increase in high-speed violations between 2022 and 2024

Calgary Trail and 34th Avenue: 8,037 speed violations and 482 high-speed violations per year

23rd Avenue and 91st Street: 1,169 speed violations and 65 high-speed violations per year

50th Street and 23rd Avenue: Eight per cent increase in high-speed violations between 2022 and 2024

137th Avenue and 50th Street: 728 speed violations and 56 high-speed violations per year

Locations with fatalities or serious injuries

82nd Avenue and 99th Street: 883 speed violations and 64 high-speed violations per year

118th Avenue and Wayne Gretzky Drive: 8,778 speed violations and 410 high-speed violations per year

23rd Avenue and Parsons Road: 2,235 speed violations and 138 high-speed violations per year

Mark Messier Trail and 156th Street: Ranked in the top 10 per cent of sites for both speed violations and high-speed violations in 2024

“Support from the Government of Alberta on this approach will be an important aspect in combating the concerning rise in speeding and serious crashes in our city as we continue toward our Vision Zero goal,” said Lamarre.

“Should they be approved by the Government of Alberta, the City will announce the intersections where speed-on-green enforcement is being reinstated.”