Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections In Ohio
Among all car accidents, one of the most incovenient and has the most damage dealt are highway crashes and intersection accidents which involves multiple vehicles. Common causes of intersection car crashes are disobeying traffic signal and miscommunication of vehicles’ signals which result to failure of yielding the right of way. Running over a red light due to rush and hoping to get through the intersection on a yellow light and unintentional misunderstanding traffic signals are also root of causing a intersection car crash.
Throughout the years, specifically years 2014 up to 2019, in Ohio intersection-related car crash occurrences are leading cause of sustenance of injuries and death as nearly half of all collisions in that year resulted in injury or death at an intersection. For this blog, we have listed 10 intersections in Ohio that has high death rate and occurrence of accidents for you readers to be aware where does these deaths came from specifically and be wary when crossing these intersections.
These data presented are from the six year compilation of collision data from the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), where they have isolated crashes that only resulted to injury or fatality. The result appeared, out from almost 440,000 total crashes that occurred from 2014-2019, it led to almost 50,000 serious injuries, almost 250,000 minor to moderate injuries, and more than 6,400 deaths. And here are the top 10 intersections that has contributed to these numbers.
Rank | Intersection | City | Crashes | Minor Injury |
Serious Injury |
Fatality | Danger Index |
1 | Cleveland Av & Morse Rd | Columbus | 71 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 188.64 |
2 | OH 28 & Romar Dr | Miami TWP | 53 | 39 | 17 | 0 | 183.6 |
3 | Hamilton Rd & Livingston Ave | Columbus | 66 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 174.96 |
4 | Airport Hw & Byrne Rd | Toledo | 78 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 166.32 |
5 | Karl Rd & Morse Rd | Columbus | 56 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 166.32 |
6 | Hilliard Rome Rd & Renner Rd | Columbus | 51 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 159.84 |
7 | Cleveland Av & Dublin Granville Rd | Columbus | 66 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 155.52 |
8 | James H Mcgee Bl & 3Rd St | Dayton | 50 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 151.92 |
9 | Roberts Rd & Hilliard Rome Rd | Columbus | 46 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 147.6 |
10 | Main St & Mcnaughten RD | Columbus | 65 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 146.88 |
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