Many outsiders think all traffic in retirement communities moves at a very slow pace.

Residents of Sun City West know that is definitely not the case.

With regularity, law enforcement and emergency medical personnel are dispatched to locations through the age-restricted active adult retirement communities to deal with accidents of varying severity. In both communities, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and the respective fire and medical services make frequent visits to specific locations.

In Sun City West, Camino del Sol and R.H. Johnson Boulevard topped the list with 15 non-injury and two injury accidents. The next intersection with the most frequent accidents was the area of Meeker Boulevard and Grand Avenue with six non-injury and three injury accidents, and the next was Meeker Boulevard and Camino del Sol with four non-injury accidents.

This accident pattern involves the most traveled roadways in each community. The accidents reported were spread evenly throughout the year with high spikes in January and December in Sun City with significantly lower accidents in May and October. In Sun City West, the high month was February and the low month was August

Residents believe a large factor in accident frequency in the communities is due to a lack of traffic enforcement.

MCSO deputy issuing citation on R.H. Johnson Blvd April 24.

Recently, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office assigned a full time traffic enforcement officer to the Sun Cities. MCSO supervisors reported 121 traffic citations were issued in Sun City West in March.

More details on this story can be found in the current Sun City West Independent.