Maryville woman injured in two-vehicle crash on Highway 46 in Atchison County

A 47-year-old Maryville woman was injured when two vehicles collided Sunday afternoon at Highway 46 and Z Avenue in Atchison County. The crash adds another injury wreck to a rural stretch that has already seen more than one recent collision.

Highway 46 has come up repeatedly in Atchison County crash reports, including recent injury wrecks near Fairfax and east of Fairfax. That pattern puts the highway in focus for local drivers who use the route regularly and for residents watching whether the same corridor is developing a broader safety problem.

The latest crash at Z Avenue adds a specific intersection to that list. Z Avenue sits in a rural part of the county where Highway 46 carries local traffic across open stretches of roadway, and every new collision on the route raises the same practical concern for people who travel it daily: whether one road is accounting for several separate injuries in a short span.

For Atchison County, the issue is not just one Maryville woman’s injury, but the growing visibility of Highway 46 in a series of two-vehicle crashes. With another wreck now tied to the highway, alongside earlier incidents near Fairfax and east of Fairfax, the road is drawing attention as a recurring site of harm rather than an isolated one-time scene.