PHOENIX, AZ : Arizona averages more than 2 wrong-way crashes per month on Wednesday, December 14th 2016

So far this year, Arizona has averaged more than two serious or deadly crashes caused by wrong-way drivers per month.The Arizona Department of Public Safety reports there were 27 serious or deadly crashes this year.

Troopers responded to 1,609 reports of wrong-way drivers.

"In most instances, these people reorient themselves and exit the highway," said Raul Garcia, a public information officer for DPS.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has installed hundreds of oversized warning signs at ramps statewide.

The agency is planning a wrong-way vehicle detection and warning system for a stretch of Interstate 17 in Phoenix.

The system would include the use of in-pavement sensors and other technology to detect a wrong-way driver and alert both DPS and other drivers of the danger.

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Arizona averages more than 2 wrong-way crashes per month