By Dale Gedcke
The referenced documents were downloaded from the Oak Ridge City Council posting in advance of the (Feb. 24) work session. The numbers quoted below were calculated from the data supplied in the referenced report.
Accident Rates During 2013
Using the total crashes listed in the report, and the number of detected vehicles through the pertinent camera locations from both directions, the accident rates during 2013 were:
- Oak Ridge Turnpike at Civic Center: 2.58 accidents per million vehicles
- North Illinois Avenue at Robertsville Road: 0.90 accidents per million vehicles
- Oak Ridge Turnpike at Lafayette Drive/New York Avenue: 1.8 accidents per million vehicles
- Robertsville Road at Iroquois Avenue/Willow Brook School: 0.00 accidents per million vehicles
- Total of all four locations: 1.68 accidents per million vehicles [Read more…]