Many of the crashes that occurred at Cooks Lane and Ederville Road were caused by drivers running the stop sign while failing to notice other vehicles approaching or driving through the intersection. The City installed a traffic signal at the intersection in an effort to mitigate crashes, but further evaluation will be needed to determine the impact of the traffic signal. Access management issues, such as too many intersections within a short distance, also contribute to crashes along commercial corridors like East Lancaster Avenue. The intersections of Ward Street and Purington Avenue with East Lancaster Avenue, depicted in Figure 23, are too close to one another (about 82 feet) with limited sight distance for left-turning vehicles, limited queuing space for vehicles turning left onto Purington Avenue, a yield sign for stop control, and no cross walks. The intersection is a potential concern for vehicles and pedestrians and may contribute to congestion and delay during rush hour traffic.
Figure 23: East Lancaster Avenue, Ward Street, and Purington Avenue Intersection
Purington Ave.
Key Takeaways Two road segments are HINs for all three modes in the study area: East Lancaster Avenue from Beach Street to Ayers Avenue, and Bridge Street from Anderson Boulevard to Williams Road. City-owned streets averaged 64 crashes per segment, and intersections showed higher concentrations, or hot spots. Of these, the most crashes, 187, occurred at Cooks Lane and Ederville Road. Contributing factors for this potentially are from drivers running the stop sign or driving through the intersection. The City installed a traffic signal at the intersection to mitigate crashes, but further evaluation will be needed to determine its impact. The intersections of Miller Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Dottie Lynn Parkway are the hot spots for crashes along the East Lancaster Avenue corridor. Safety technology and other features could be recommended to reduce crashes at these intersections.
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