Park Ridge's 10 Most Dangerous Traffic Intersections

Drivers may want to take note of the 10 most dangerous traffic intersections in Park Ridge. The following data were released by the police department on Tuesday.

The 10 most dangerous intersections in 2012 were:

1. Dempster Street and Luther Lane, 26 crashes reported.
2. Touhy Avenue and Dee Road, 25 crashes reported.
3. Dempster Street and Potter Road, 24 crashes reported.
4. Dee Road and Oakton Street, 19 crashes reported.
5. Oakton Street and Greenwood Avenue, 18 crashes reported.
6. Northwest Highway and Oakton Street, 16 crashes reported.
7. Touhy Avenue / Northwest Highway and Prospect Road, 16 crashes reported.
8. Cumberland and Devon avenues, 15 crashes reported.
9. Busse Highway and Greenwood Avenue, 14 crashes reported.

   10. Dee and Talcott roads, 14 crashes reported.

Over the course of 2012, the traffic coordinator, working along with the city engineer, reviewed different ways to enhance traffic safety, according to a Park Ridge press release. Each month intersections were tracked to find out why crashes were occurring.

The duo discovered that the intersection of Talcott and Dee roads experienced 26 crashes throughout 2011. Many of the accidents were the direct cause of vehicles being rear-ended at the southwest corner, police said.

To counter this, several “No Turn on Red” signs were posted. As a result there were 12 fewer crashes at the intersection in 2012, according to the press release.

The Park Ridge Police Department acknowledged that “the top 10 crash intersections still need to be addressed.”

All in all, there were a total of 1,229 vehicle crashes reported in 2012.

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