10 most dangerous intersections & photos. Do you live near one?

[LynneSin]

http://www.statefarm.com/di/danlist00.htm

City/State Location State Farm® Danger Index*

1. Pembroke Pines, Fla. Flamingo Road and Pines Boulevard 2568
   
2. Philadelphia, Penn. Red Lion Road and Roosevelt Boulevard 2317
   
3. Philadelphia, Penn. Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard 2204
   
4. Phoenix, Ariz. 7th Street and Bell Road 2089
   
5. Tulsa, Okla. 51st Street and Memorial Drive 2000
   
6. Tulsa, Okla. 71st Street and Memorial Drive 1995
   
7. Phoenix, Ariz. 19th Avenue and Northern Avenue 1975
   
8. Plano, Tex. State Highway 121 and Preston Road 1937
   
9. Metairie, La. Clearview Parkway and Veterans Memorial Boulevard 1925
   
10. Sacramento, Calif. Fair Oaks Boulevard and Howe Avenue 1912
    

That last 4 digit number is it's danger index. They even have pictures of the intersections

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Is 8 Dallas or Ft. Worth?

I think 121 loops around north of both places. Been a while since I've been there, but that road is dangerous.

[LynneSin]

2. #8 Is Plano, Tx - I've updated it

I still can't believe NJ doesn't have something in the top 10 - that's just the nastiest state to drive in!!

[YEM]

5. I live 5 miles from 2 and 3.

I even knew people that had accidents there. Both intersections are only about 1 mile apart. They are awful!

[Pale Blue Dot]

7. YEM, we're neighbors!

nt

[LynneSin]

9. Yem - welcome to DU

:hi:

You'll have to come drink with us when we meet for our next Philly gathering. It's usually downtown somewhere!!

[GOPisEvil]

3. It's in Plano.

Republicans slamming into one another in their SUVs.

DUers residing in Plano excepted, of course. ;-)

[DemoTex]

6. Plano, Texas, north of Dallas. Preston runs north out of Highland Park

Bad intersection, indeed.

[EV1Ltimm]

19. Dallas in general is a dangerous intersection...

for example: the lanes on 635 are about 3 feet wide and everyone does 90.

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. # Philadelphia, Penn. Grant Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard 2204

I'm less than a mile away from this charming intersection. If they would just put in a left turn signal, it would be fine! But NOOOOOOOOO.

#2 is just up the road from #3.

[LynneSin]

8. Roosevelt Blvd is just a damn nightmare

For Newbie drivers it's a bizarre concept of the split double lane highways with the crossovers. First time I drove on the Roosevelt I thought I was going to die, but I'm an old hack at it now.

[YEM]

10. I'm in Langhorne.

I must have passed each intersection hundreds of times.

[Pale Blue Dot]

11. I'm in Bensalem

I used to work in Langhorne. How do you like it there?

[trumad]

13. I use to live a mile from number one..

Pembroke Pines... It was seriously bad....

[snooper2]

12. Does State Farm have a monoply on this?

Can only find State Farm's outdated list on this thread when I search.

[Wwagsthedog]

14. Thanks for the info.

My daughter lives just a few blocks from number 9. I alerted her right away!

[skippysmom]

15. what, no Massachusetts rotaries?

there's one near my house where there is an accident every time I go near there.

[-..__...]

18. That's unusual.

I know Bell Circle in Revere is always at the top of the list (for Massachusetts).

There's a scroll window where you can select individual states. No listing available for Massachusetts. Could be because State Farm want's nothing to do with MA auto insurance.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

24. Surprising-Orleans Rotary on Cape Cod

and Fresh Pond rotary are two of the worst IMHO. Bell Circle and the rotary in Woburn on Rte. 38 under Rte. 128 are awful as well.

[guitar man]

16. Used to go through #5 and #6

Every day on the way to and from work. Always shattered window glass,various mangled trim pieces in/around the intersections.Delayed at least once or twice a week while they cleared the mangled vehicles from the intersections.

[SheilaT]

17. 19th Ave and Northern in Phoenix?

I used to live maybe a mile or so from there (17th Ave & Camelback) and probably went through that intersection just about every day. Maybe it's gotten more dangerous since we moved away in 1987.

[fudge stripe cookays]

20. I'm surprised that Preston & Park in Plano didn 't make it

Those ^&*king yuppies there are insane! I avoid it if at all possible!

[geniph]

21. I wonder if these stats comprise simply number of accidents

or number of injury accidents? If it includes fender-benders, I'm not a bit surprised that #1 is in Florida. I've seen a lot of folks driving down there who probably can't see past their windshield wipers, if they can even see over the dash anymore.

[CO Liberal]

22. Colorado's Top 5 Are All In Aurura and Denver

1. Aurora Chambers Road & Iliff Avenue 1318
2. Denver 1st Avenue & University Boulevard 1210
3. Denver Hampden Avenue & Colorado Boulevard 1121
4. Denver Hampden Avenue & Monaco Parkway 1109
5. Aurora Mississippi Avenue & Peoria Street 1074

I'm relatively safe, working in Colorado Springs and living in Pueblo West.

[ZenLefty]

23. 1st & University

You know, I hate to make a sweeping negative generalization of any group of people, but the drivers in the cherry creek area are fucking snobs. Their $70,000 SUV is too damn good to stop at any paltry red light or look to see if the lane is clear before merging over.

I'm at that intersection once a week. When the light turns green, you still have to look both ways before proceeding, just to make sure some yahoo in a Jaguar isn't blowing through the red light while talking on his cellphone.