Traffic in the Lower Mainland is a fact of life but driving along some routes is more dangerous than others and there’s one intersection that has twice as many accidents as any other in the region.
“It’s a place where we have our officers on a regular basis doing speed enforcement, traffic travels way too fast,” says Vancouver Police Cst. Brian Montague.
When it comes to dangerous intersections, ICBC statistics show that most can be found in Vancouver with the top 10 crash sites being located along straight streets throughout the city. The intersections along Granville, Oak, Main and Boundary Streets respectively, are all on the top 10 list but one intersection has double the crashes of any other.
While the second place intersection at Burrard Street and Pacific Avenue has had 754 crashes since 2008 but Knight Street near Marine Drive has had 1404. The cause? On Knight Street, heavy trucks mix with smaller vehicles and there are several stoplights forcing stop and start traffic, as well as a steep hill.
Police say the 50 km/hour route would be safe if the drivers stuck to the posted speed limit. Instead police find that people are travelling at speeds of 100 km/hour at times.
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Top 10 Crash Intersections from 2008 to 2012:
- Knight street & Marine Drive/Knight Street Bridge: 1,404 crashes
- Burrard Street & Pacific Avenue: 754 crashes
- Boundary Road & Kingsway: 741 crashes
- Boundary Road & Grandview: 702 crashes
- Main Street & Terminal Avenue: 657 crashes
- East 1st Avenue off-ramp & Hwy 1: 642 crashes
- Oak Street & 41st Avenue: 590 crashes
- Granville Street & W. King Edward Avenue: 573 crashes
- Granville Street & 41st Avenue: 558 crashes
- Oak Street & 70th Avenue: 536 crashes
Source: http://www.icbc.com/crashmap-lm
~ with files from Darlene Heidemann
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