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Gilbert's Fastest-Growing Roads Are Also Its Most Dangerous
How Gilbert's Higley and Power Road corridors have seen accident rates rise alongside population growth.
By AZ Injury Insider Editorial Team · April 22, 2026 · 7 min read
Gilbert has been one of Arizona's fastest-growing cities for a decade, and the Higley and Power Road corridors carry much of the new traffic.
ADOT crash counts along both corridors have climbed in step with the population — and serious-injury counts have climbed faster than minor incidents.
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