Abandon all hope if you have to drive on any of these intersections, which pretty much means all of you. Police Chief Jim Corwin released Kansas City's top 20 crash sites of 2009. Topping the charts -- and, really, it wasn't close -- Interstate 435 and Interstate 70 with 107 crashes.
Unfortunately, I know too much about No. 5 on the list -- 5th and Broadway -- after being rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver there. The full list after the jump.
2. Interstate 435 and Front Street --
75 crashes
3. Interstate 29 and Barry Road
-- 64
crashes
4. 75th Street and 71 Highway
-- 63
crashes
5. 5th Street and Broadway -- 61 crashes
6. Gregory and 71 Highway
-- 59
crashes
7. 152 Highway and Flintlock
-- 56
crashes
8. Interstate 435 and Holmes
-- 56
crashes
9. Interstate 435 and 23rd St.
-- 56
crashes
10. 55th Street and 71 Highway --
55
crashes
11. Bannister Road and 71 Highway --
53
crashes
12. Interstate 435 and Wornall
--
50
crashes
13. 71 Highway and Red Bridge Road --
47
crashes
14. Interstate 35 and Front Street
-- 47
crashes
15. Interstate 435 and 87th Street --
46 crashes
16. Interstate 470 and Blue Ridge
-- 46
crashes
17. 155th Street and 71 Highway
-- 46
crashes
18. Interstate 35 and Interstate 70
-- 42 crashes
19. Interstate 435 and 71 Highway
-- 40
crashes
20. Interstate 435 and Bannister Road --
39 crashes
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Better info would be:
a) accidents as a ratio of traffic volume
b) accidents broken down - injury vs fender-bender.
Total numbers are pretty meaningless as data. It's like saying McDonald's is the most popular burger place b/c they sell the most.
People turning right onto the Broadway Bridge from 5th street aren't turning right on red. They are running a red light through an intersection. I've almost been hit 3 times in the last month or so from people sailing through the red light as if there isn't a street (Broadway) before the bridge. Why this is allowed is beyond me.
4. 75th Street and 71 Highway -- 63 crashes
6. Gregory and 71 Highway -- 59 crashes
10. 55th Street and 71 Highway -- 55 crashes
Skip Sleyster was right.
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