JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Drivers on Argyle Forest Boulevard are frustrated — and the numbers back them up. Residents near the Duval-Clay County line say the road has become a daily speedway, and crash data obtained by News4JAX shows collisions are piling up at some of the road’s busiest intersections.
For people who live along Argyle Forest Boulevard, the dangerous driving is hard to ignore.
“Do people drive fast out here?” Jessica Amonette, an Argyle resident, was asked. “They do,” she replied. “It depends — sometimes people go from 45 to 50 to 60.”
Neighbor Adam Chiarelli said the speeding happens around the clock. “Oh, all the time,” he said when asked if people speed on the road. “I never got a ticket myself, or my wife, or my sons. But they do it all the time. I like when the cops are there. The mornings are the worst.”
When News4JAX posted the story online about a crash at Spencers Trace Drive, viewer comments flooded in.
“I drive Argyle every day. Too many treat it like the Daytona 500,” one viewer wrote. Another said: “People drive on Argyle as if it were Daytona. Every week, I hear about accidents happening in this area.”
The data shows the problem is concentrated at specific spots along the corridor.
JSO has tracked 12 crashes near Rampart Road since the beginning of the year — what Johnson described as “perhaps the most dangerous part of the road.” Nearby Cheswick Oaks has recorded nine crashes so far this year.
Johnson previously covered the road in 2024 following a deadly motorcycle crash. At the time, he said, the complaints from residents matched what he is hearing now.
Resident Matt Simmons said the road’s transformation has been years in the making.
“Everybody who lives around here has basically become an interstate — from the new First Coast Highway to Blanding,” Simmons said.
Drivers who spoke with News4Jax suggested two possible solutions: more law enforcement presence during morning hours and an additional traffic light along the corridor.
JSO said they were aware of the speeding issue in the area.
The agency invited residents to the District 4 Town Hall on July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church, located near Argyle Forest Boulevard, to address the concerns in person.
For now, residents continued to stress that the posted speed limit of 45 mph is routinely ignored — with some drivers pushing 80 — and the frustration shows no signs of slowing down.