Most Dangerous Intersections in Massachusetts
Published in Car Accidents on December 27, 2015
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Above are the 200 most dangerous intersections in the state of Massachusetts according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The data is from accidents that occurred in 2013. You can zoom in on the map and hover over the dots to see additional information. The larger the circle size, the most injury accidents that occurred at the intersection.
Top 10 Intersections with the Most Injury Accidents
The Boston personal injury lawyers at Sweeney Merrigan, LLP present to you the 10 intersections with the most injury accidents according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. If you click and zoom around the Google street views, it’s obvious why some of these would be on this list.
Rank: #1 – Pleasant Street & West Street (Brockton)
Injury Accidents: 49 out of 102 crashes (48% accident injury rate )
Rank: #2 – Bridge Street & Veterans of Foreign Wars Parkway (Lowell)
Injury Accident Rate: 40 out of 125 crashes (32% accident injury rate)
Rank #3 – Market Street and Grand Army of the Republic Highway (Swansea)
Injury Accident Rate: 36 out of 121 crashes (30% accident injury rate)
Rank: #4 – State Street & Saint James Avenue (Springfield)
Injury Accident Rate: 35 out of 60 crashes (58% accident injury rate)
Rank: #5 – Main Street & Middle Street (Weymouth)
Injury Accident Rate: 33 out of 111 crashes (30% accident injury rate)
Rank: #6 – Appleton Street & Central Street (Lowell)
Injury Accident Rate: 32 out of 88 crashes (36% accident injury rate)
Rank: #7 – Ash Street & West Elm Street (Brockton)
Injury Accident Rate: 32 out of 65 crashes (49% accident injury rate)
Rank: #8 – Plymouth Avenue & Rodman Street (Fall River)
Injury Accident Rate: 31 out of 111 crashes (27% accident injury rate)
Rank: #9 – Alfred Bessette Memorial Highway & Kempton Street (New Bedford)
Injury Accident Rate: 30 out of 75 crashes (40% accident injury rate)
Rank: #10 – Morton Street & Harvard Street (Boston)
Injury Accident Rate: 29 out of 43 crashes (67% accident injury rate)
Breakdown of the 200 Intersections by by Town/City
| Area | Total |
|---|---|
| Springfield | 28 |
| Brockton | 19 |
| Worcester | 14 |
| Lowell | 13 |
| Holyoke | 8 |
| Fall River | 8 |
| Weymouth | 7 |
| Framingham | 7 |
| Lynn | 6 |
| Natick | 5 |
| Haverhill | 4 |
| Fitchburg | 4 |
| Taunton | 3 |
| Quincy | 3 |
| Peabody | 3 |
| Leominster | 3 |
| Chicopee | 3 |
| Waltham | 2 |
| Tewksbury | 2 |
| Swansea | 2 |
| Somerville | 2 |
| Shrewsbury | 2 |
| Seekonk | 2 |
| Salem | 2 |
| Milford | 2 |
| Marlborough | 2 |
| Mansfield | 2 |
| Chelsea | 2 |
| Cambridge | 2 |
| Boston | 2 |
| Yarmouth | 1 |
| Wrentham | 1 |
| Wilbraham | 1 |
| Westford | 1 |
| Westborough | 1 |
| West Bridgewater | 1 |
| Wellesley | 1 |
| Webster | 1 |
| Watertown | 1 |
| Walpole | 1 |
| Swampscott | 1 |
| sutton | 1 |
| Stoughton | 1 |
| Somerset | 1 |
| Raynham | 1 |
| Pembroke | 1 |
| Northampton | 1 |
| New Bedford | 1 |
| Milton | 1 |
| Methuen | 1 |
| Mashpee | 1 |
| Hudson | 1 |
| Granby | 1 |
| Gardner | 1 |
| Falmouth | 1 |
| Fairhaven | 1 |
| Everett | 1 |
| Dennis | 1 |
| Danvers | 1 |
| Concord, Lincoln | 1 |
| Braintree | 1 |
| Bellingham | 1 |
| Barnstable | 1 |
| Andover | 1 |
| Middleborough | 2 |
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