Photos: Madison's most dangerous intersections, as seen from space
Madison police analyzed data on traffic crashes this year and determined the top 10 most dangerous intersections between Jan. 1 and Nov. 21.
Pleasant View and Mineral Point roads topped the list with the most crashes. The most common violation received as a result of these crashes was listed as "N/A" in the data provided by the Madison Police Department. The second most common violation involved inattentive driving, and the third was failure to yield right of way. Check out the gallery below for more details on each intersection, as seen in satellite images provided to flashearth.com by NASA.
No. 10: Packers Avenue and International Lane
Number of crashes: 19
Top violation received: Failure to yield while making a left turn.
No. 9: Zeier Road and East Washington Avenue
Number of crashes: 19
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved inattentive driving.
No. 8: South Park Street and West Badger Road
Number of crashes: 20
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved running red lights.
No. 7: Thierer Road and East Washington Avenue
Number of crashes: 20
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved running red lights.
No. 6: North First Street and East Washington Avenue
Number of crashes: 21
Top violation received: Failure to yield while making a left turn.
No. 5: Buckeye Road and South Stoughton Road
Number of crashes: 22
Top violation received: Failure to yield while making a left turn.
No. 4: South Baldwin Street and East Washington Avenue
Number of crashes: 22
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved failure to yield right of way.
No. 3: North Stoughton Road and East Washington Avenue
Number of crashes: 23
Top violation received: Listed as N/A. The second most common violation was tied, which involved running red lights or inattentive driving.
No. 2: Watts Road and South Gammon Road
Number of crashes: 24
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved running red lights.
No. 1: Pleasant View Road and Mineral Point
Number of crashes: 30
Top violation received: Listed as N/A, but the second most common violation involved failure to yield.
David Noyce, a UW-Madison engineering professor and director of the university’s Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory, said many of the most serious crashes don’t have anything to do with the number of vehicles on the roads.
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Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semi-trailer truck in Columbia County on Wednesday night, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
A spree of thefts from vehicles overnight Sunday into Monday included smashed windows and stolen purses, Madison police reported.
A Middleton man was killed Saturday afternoon when he walked “deliberately” into the path of a semi truck on Interstate 39/90, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
A Boscobel man was found dead Sunday after apparently being hit by a train in Bagley, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported.
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A chain reaction of vehicle collisions in foggy weather at a railroad crossing in northeastern Wisconsin killed a box truck driver and caused a train to derail, authorities said Wednesday.
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Four people were killed when the minivan they were in was hit by two semi-trailer trucks Thursday night on Interstate 39/90/94 in Dane County, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
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Three people were killed in a crash into a semi early Saturday morning just off Interstate 94 near Black River Falls, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
The man had been arrested for killing a 31-year-old woman on Wednesday, the first of three homicides that have rocked Beloit in the past week.
Middleton police on Monday released dramatic dashcam video of an alleged drunken driver crashing head-on into a Middleton squad car on Tuesday.
A Reedsburg woman died in a rear-end crash on Interstate 94 in Waukesha County on Monday night, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
A special traffic enforcement effort is set for Tuesday along Interstate 94 between Madison and Milwaukee, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
Authorities say three people were killed Saturday night in a two-vehicle crash in Frankfort, and a person who stopped to help was injured when struck by another vehicle, authorities reported.
One person was killed and another was critically injured in a rollover crash on Interstate 39 near Portage on Friday morning, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
Two people were killed Tuesday when the motorcycle they were riding was rear-ended while they were stopped for a turning vehicle on Highway 33 in Columbia County, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
A drunken driver who caused a fatal crash with an ambulance in Fond du Lac has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
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A crash early Sunday morning involving a wrong-way car on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois left seven people dead, including five children, authorities said.
A Wisconsin man has died after his motorcycle struck a black bear on a western Montana highway, authorities said Tuesday.
Ralph Reeson was driving north on County Road K near Knight Hollow Road in the town of Arena shortly before 3:30 p.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve, according to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office.
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A Kenworth semi driven by Ryan Oberhoffer, 23, of Dubuque, was traveling south on Highway 80 and struck Morby’s Ford F550 on the driver’s side, sending the truck airborne.
One person was killed and four were injured in an OWI crash in north-central Wisconsin on Saturday night, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.
A 4-year-old died after falling in a parking lot and getting hit by a car on Saturday, Beloit police reported.
State Patrol Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson described the damage as “significant” and said he expected it to be “a significant long-term event,” though he didn’t know how long it would be.
Southbound Interstate 39-90-94 re-opened early Saturday morning after a portion of a damaged bridge near DeForest was removed, the Wisconsin State Patrol said.
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Three people were killed and three others were injured in a crash that happened when a driver ran a stop sign in Rock County on Saturday night, authorities reported.
Weather played a role in the crash, a statement from the State Patrol's Office said.
A driver died in a crash into the back of semi-trailer tractor on Interstate 39/90 near Janesville on Friday night, authorities reported.
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