Oceanside Endures One Of The Slowest Intersections In CA: Report

OCEANSIDE, CA — Living in Oceanside comes with great weather, incredible beaches and it's no wonder that locals consider it one of the best places to call home in the world. However, living in paradise does come with some downsides and according to a recent report, that includes enduring one of the worst intersections in California.

INRIX, a Washington state-based company that studies traffic and transit patterns, compiled the U.S. Signals Scorecard using GPS data from cars and phones. Billed as the first nationwide analysis of individual traffic lights and intersections, the scorecard looked at 210,000 intersections nationwide in October noting how many cars passed through or idled while waiting for the light to change.

The average signal nationwide had roughly 17,400 estimated vehicle crossings per day, the study found. On average, 62.8 percent of vehicles breezed through on a green. Drivers who stopped at a red light spent an average of 45 seconds waiting for the light to change.

No one spent more time overall waiting for the light to change than Californians, the researchers found. Los Angeles commuters spent considerably more time at lights than drivers in any city nationwide. But that may be because California — and Los Angeles especially — tended to have more drivers, according to the study. The state ranked in the middle of the pack in terms of drivers' likelihood of catching a green light (61.2 percent). But California drivers spent more time on average waiting for red lights to change than did drivers in most other states.

While it may not be a surprise to the Oceansider's that have to put up with it on a daily basis but one of the slowest intersections in the state is right here in Oceanside. According to researchers, traffic signals at the intersection of San Luis Rey Mission Expressway and College Boulevard really slows drivers down. That intersection made drivers idle for a combined 969 hours of wait time daily during the study period in October.

Here at the 10 worst intersections in the state, according to INRIX.

• Newhall Ranch Road and Bouquet Canyon Road, Los Angeles County: 1,260 daily hours lost.
• Newport Boulevard and West 19th Street, Orange County: 1,042 daily hours lost.
• Winchester Road and Ynez Road, Riverside County, 1,081 daily hours lost.
• Edinger Avenue and Beach Boulevard, Orange County: 1,011 daily hours lost.
• Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road, Los Angeles County: 1,006 daily hours lost.
• Newport Boulevard and East 17th Street, Orange County: 993 daily hours lost.
• Firestone Boulevard and Garfield Avenue, Los Angeles County: 993 daily hours lost.
• San Luis Rey Mission Expressway and College Boulevard, San Diego County: 969 daily hours lost. (SEE MAP BELOW)
• Crenshaw Boulevard and West Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles County: 967 daily hours lost.
• West Imperial Highway and South Beach Boulevard, Orange County: 948 daily hours lost.

INRIX also created an interactive map that lets you see how well intersections in your area fared.

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