Corridor 10: W Seminary Drive
W Seminary Drive runs east to west between 6 th Avenue and Rector Avenue. It is on the Pedestrian HIN and Bicycle HIN. Context W Seminary Drive functions as a residential, major arterial corridor. Rosemont Middle School, Rosemont Park , and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary are located on the eastern end of this corridor. There is an at - grade railroad crossing between William Fleming C our t and Frazier Avenue . The roadway consists of four travel lanes and a fifth lane that serves as a center turn lane or median. There are mostly continuous sidewalks on both sides of the road. A Trinity Metro bus route runs on this corridor. The corridor is approximately 1.18 miles in length. The speed limit on the corridor is 35 mph. The typical pavement width, including medians, ranges from 58 to 70 feet. The Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) for this corridor is 12,770 (west of McCart Ave) and 13,948 (just west of 6 th Ave), according to the 2022 TPP Statewide Traffic Count Map. Crash History A crash data analysis was performed for the W Seminary Drive corridor to understand the contributing factors to crashes and identify focus areas for countermeasures. From 2019 to 2023, 176 crashes occurred on W Seminary Drive between 6 th Avenue and Rector Avenue. About 32% of crashes occurred at dusk or night. There were two crashes involving a bicycle, both of which were KSI crashes. There were five crashes involving a motorcycle, one of which was a KSI crash. There were three crashes involving a pedestrian, one of which resulted in a fatality. There were two fatalities on this corridor , one at Sandage Avenue and one at McCart Avenue. Figure 30 shows the spatial distribution of crashes in the Sycamore School Road corridor. Table 148 shows the summary of the crash data by collision manner for the Ellis Avenue corridor. Table 149 shows the top five contributing factors as noted in the crash reports of crashes on Ellis Avenue. Table 150 summarizes the KSI crashes (11) that occurred on this corridor.
Table 148 : W Seminary Drive Collision Manner, if noted Intersection (C losest reported) Angle Crash One Motor Vehicle
Opposite Direction
Same Direction
Other
Total
6 th AVE
2
3
2
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3
10
136
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