10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Connecticut - 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
In GoLocal's Most Dangerous Intersections in New England 2014, Connecticut's highest ranked crossroads rank #1 -- for the region.
New Haven, Hartford, and Bridgeport were on the top ten list; as were Wethersfield, and Seymour. "All of our crash data is available to the public, media -- it's public, it's all out there," said Kevin Nursick, Director of Communications with the CT Department of Transportation. "I've been here ten years. I'm a communications guy -- I try to keep people in touch with reality. "
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GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAnd Nursick's reality? "Realistically, there's no such thing as a dangerous road," said Nursick. "And statistics prove that 95% plus of crashes are a result of driver error. I don't care if you have perfectly straight or flat roads, or curvatures. If you follow the rules of the road, and the posted signage, you shouldn't have any problem navigating."
Nursick talked to the work that the CT DOT does however to address issues when possible -- and mentioned one incident prompted some major changes
"We had a big project on what we call "Avon Mountain" in West Hartford -- it's a really big hill. A dumptruck lost its rigs coming down the hill, plowed down and killed 5 people instantly. We then put in a "traffic calming project" -- trees in the center, raised median, trees built in to get people to slow down."
See what Connecticut's Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections are, based on GoLocal's proprietary ranking formula in the slides below. (For more on GoLocal's methodology, click here.)
Related Slideshow: 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Connecticut - 2014
Using the most recent available data, GoLocalProv has compiled a list of the Most Dangerous Intersections in New England.
See the methodology here
Since different states chose different time spans in which to accumulate their data (3-10 years), GoLocal standardized the tallies to a 3-year sum.
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