Top crash locations in B.C.
On the way to the gym today, I drove by a very bad car accident scene at the intersection of 49th and Knight Street. The fire trucks and ambulance have blocked off the intersection completely. By looking at the position of the cars, it looks like someone was trying to making a left turn on to 49th and got hit by an on-coming traffic vehicle.
Knight Street has always been a very busy street connecting Vancouver to Richmond over the Fraser River. Especially between 49th and Marine Drive area, people always speeds trying to avoid traffic or beat the next traffic light. This article I read over the weekend was no surprise to me. Something should be done to these high crash locations to save lives and decrease accident rates.
Top crash locations in B.C.
Published: 3/19/2008
Source: The Province
HIGH-RISK CRASH TOLL
Crashes in 2006 involving high-risk driving:
Fraser Valley: 5,200
Greater Vancouver: 4,200
North Central B.C.: 2,000
Southern Interior: 4,900
Vancouver Island: 3,700
Total: 20,000
TOP CRASH LOCATIONS IN 2006:
LOWER MAINLAND
1. Trans-Canada Highway and Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby (352 crashes)
2. Knight Street and Southeast Marine Drive, Vancouver (304 crashes)
3. Knight Street Bridge, Richmond (257 crashes)
4. Brunette Avenue and Trans-Canada Highway, Coquitlam (222 crashes)
5. Lions Gate Bridge, West Vancouver (217 crashes)
6. Alex Fraser Bridge, Delta (203 crashes)
7. 152nd Street and Trans-Canada Highway, Surrey (201 crashes)
8. Gaglardi Way and Trans-Canada Highway, Burnaby (196 crashes)
9. 88th Avenue and King George Highway, Surrey (185 crashes)
10. Pattullo Bridge, Surrey (177 crashes)
VANCOUVER ISLAND
1. Hillside Avenue and Shelbourne Street, Victoria (82 crashes)
2 Patricia Bay Highway and Sayward Road, Saanich (63 crashes)
3. McKenzie Avenue and Trans-Canada Highway, Saanich (57 crashes)
4. Aulds Road and Hammond Bay Road and N. Island Highway, Nanaimo (54 crashes)
5. North Island Highway and Northfield Rd., Nanaimo (53 crashes)
6. Blanshard Street and Saanich Road, Saanich (52 crashes)
7. North Island Highway and Rutherford Road, Nanaimo (52 crashes)
8. Douglas Street, Gorge Road East and Hillside Avenue, Victoria (52 crashes)
9. 17th Street and Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay (50 crashes)
10. Trans-Canada Highway and Tillicum Road, Saanich (48 crashes)
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