In a follow-up to an article that appeared in The Oklahoman in September, Oklahoma City Public Works Director Eric Wenger provided the Oklahoma City Council a presentation updating them on the ten worst intersections in Oklahoma City based on data gathered between January 1st, 2009, and July 31st, 2012.

Based on those three and a half years of collision data, intersections were ranked by the total number of crashes. Mr. Wenger’s presentation included recent improvements to intersections to reduce the likeliness of collisions.

Additionally, Mr. Wenger pointed out that police reports generated from collisions are reviewed to determine if and how upgrades can address traffic flow problems. These include the replacement of mast arms signs, the addition of dedicated signals, the upgrade of signal heads to LED lights, the addition of dedicated turning lanes, adjustment to signal timing, the addition of signage and the replacement of outdated traffic controllers.

While seven of the ten intersections identified are along Northwest Expressway, Mr. Wenger pointed out these are mostly “high volume intersections”, receiving 50,000 to 60,000 cars per day.

Below are the ten intersections with their annual total of collisions for 2011, 2010 and 2009; collision data for 2012 is based on the first six months (January through June). All appear as presented by Mr. Wenger. Click here to see all of these intersections marked via Google Maps.

Intersection

2012 Crashes (6 mo.) 2011 Crashes 2010 Crashes 2009 Crashes Total

NW Expressway & Belle Isle

29

58 64 86 237

NW Expressway & Rockwell

27

39 32 37 135

NW Expressway & Portland

22

43 43 26 134

NW Expressway & NW 63rd

25

60 47 51 183

NW Expressway & Lake Hefner Parkway East

16

29 23 44

112

NW Expressway & Penn 11 18 27 17

73

NW 39th Expressway & Meridian 8 21 10 18

57

MacArthur & Reno

18

19 18 18 73
Western & SW 59th 9 23 15 17

64

NW Expressway & Lake Hefner Parkway West 7 12 10 18

47

The presentation Public Works Director Wenger gave to the Oklahoma City Council is available to view in full on YouTube:

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