One person killed near 7200 S LOWE AVE in Englewood
A passenger was killed after a Friday morning collision with a fixed object in Englewood on December 6, 2019 at 11:35 AM.
The crash occurred near 7200 S LOWE AVE, on an undivided road. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. There was a stop sign. The weather was overcast and the roadway was dry. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to distraction from inside the vehicle.
A 2008 Buick Lucerne was heading east. The police report described the driver, a 24-year-old man, as being emotional. His airbag did not deploy; he was uninjured. A 30-year-old female passenger was killed; her airbag did not deploy.
Police were notified at 11:37 AM and made a report on scene. This was the 204th injurious crash reported in December 2019, and the 15,304th injurious crash reported in 2019. It was the 98th fatal crash for 2019.
Where it happened
7200 S LOWE AVE
- Neighborhood
- Englewood
- Ward
- 6th Ward
- Nearest streets
- S LOWE AVE· W 72ND ST
- Intersections
- W 72ND ST & S LOWE AVE
Street view: 41.7634° N, 87.6402° W
2 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- OTHER
- Primary cause
- DISTRACTION - FROM INSIDE VEHICLE
- Secondary cause
- UNABLE TO DETERMINE
- Weather
- CLOUDY/OVERCAST
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- DRY
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- NOT DIVIDED
- Traffic control
- STOP SIGN/FLASHER
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
View the crash's underlying records: exactly as published by the city, or as transformed for crashstop.org