Report finds most dangerous intersections for Philly pedestrians
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) released a new report detailing Philly’s most dangerous intersections.
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCGP) released a new report detailing Philly’s most dangerous intersections.
BCGP released the report to help the "Vision Zero" plan, which hopes to create policy changes to to bring the city’s traffic fatalities and serious injuries down to zero.
About 100 people die in traffic-related accidents, and a pedestrian is hit by a car, in Philly, every five hours, according to the report.
To create the report, BCGP pulled accident data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other agencies, including accident data from 2009 to 2013.
The most dangerous intersections for pedestrians are:
1. Fifth Street and Olney Avenue (19 crashes)
2. Broad and Race Streets (17 crashes)
3. Broad Street and Girard Avenue (16 crashes)
4. Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard (16 crashes)
5. Broad Street and Olney Avenue (16 crashes)
6. Broad Street and Lehigh Avenue (16 crashes)
7. Market and 40th Streets (15 crashes)
8. Market and 11th Streets (14 crashes)
9. Chelten and Wayne Avenues (13 crashes)
10. Market and 12th Streets (13 crashes)
11. Cobbs Creek, Market Street, and 63rd Street (13 crashes)
12. Cecil B. Moore Avenue & Broad Street (13 crashes)
Several cities in the US have taken on plans similar to Vision Zero, including Chicago, Boston and New York.
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