Thank you Peter! This is great!
On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Great information, Joanna — thanks! I've marked the accident locations on > a Google Map (link below) for those, like me, who find visual references > helpful. The map clearly supports your observation that the 117/Tower Rd > area is more active than other locations. > > The color coding should be visible on the map, but just in case: > > Red*:* 20+ > > Yellow: 10-19 > Orange: 5-9 > > Blue: Less than 5 > > > https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=13B_VCCLqxyPrZK5G9qocZVKp12FO5xw&usp=sharing > > Peter B. > Conant Rd. > > > On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM Joanna Schmergel < > downsizefordiversity_at_gmail_com_tfzv6d21qzrx50_e0xx6...@icloud.com> > wrote: > >> Note: >> >> If you add the 7 accidents at 117/Tower to the nearby 5 accidents at >> 117/Bowles Terrace as well as the 3 accidents at 117/ Old Sudbury Road it >> is a total of 15 accidents in the near vicinity which puts the 117/Tower >> road general area in the top 3 locations for accidents. >> >> >> >>> On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM Joanna Schmergel < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> Every so often I download a recent year of crash data for Lincoln from >>>> the MassDot.gov website and put together the top locations for crashes in >>>> Lincoln for a given year. >>>> >>>> The data is often entered using different nomenclature and in different >>>> columns making it a tedious “hunt & peck” effort to extract the data. >>>> >>>> Here is what I have for 2023 to 2024. I believe my numbers for the 5 >>>> corners intersection at the library are lower than reality. >>>> >>>> I do this because I truly believe putting myself through this exercise >>>> burns the trouble spots in town into my brain and keeps my family safer on >>>> the road. >>>> >>>> MassDot.gov crash data for Lincoln, MA 2023-2024 - extracted by Joanna >>>> Schmergel probably somewhat imperfectly >>>> >>>> Number of Crashes at the following intersections January 2023 to >>>> December 2024: >>>> >>>> 1) Route 2/ Bedford Rd (Crosby’s Corner) : 37 >>>> >>>> 2) South Great Rd/ Lincoln >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2)+South+Great+Rd%2F+Lincoln?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>> Road: 16 >>>> >>>> 3) Entered in just as Route 2 in the spreadsheet: 15 >>>> >>>> 4) Old County Road / Trapelo Road >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/4)+Old+County+Road+%2F+Trapelo+Road?entry=gmail&source=g>: >>>> 12 >>>> >>>> 5) Codman Road / Lincoln >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5)+Codman+Road+%2F+Lincoln?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>> Road: 11 >>>> >>>> 6) Route 2A >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/6)+Route+2A?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>> (North Great Rd) / Hanscom Drive: 9 >>>> >>>> 7) South Great Road (Rte 117 >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/7)+South+Great+Road+(Rte+117?entry=gmail&source=g>) >>>> / Tower Road: 7 >>>> >>>> 8) South Great Road (Rte 117)/ Concord Road: 5 >>>> >>>> 9) South Great Road (Rte 117 >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/9)+South+Great+Road+(Rte+117?entry=gmail&source=g>)/ >>>> Bowles Terrace: 5 >>>> >>>> 10) Lewis Street/ Lincoln Road: 4 >>>> >>>> 11) 5 Corners Intersection at Library: 3 (seems low!) >>>> >>>> 12) Old Sudbury Rd/ Boyce Farm Road >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/12)+Old+Sudbury+Rd%2F+Boyce+Farm+Road?entry=gmail&source=g>: >>>> 3 >>>> >>>> 13) South Great Road (Rte >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/13)+South+Great+Road+(Rte?entry=gmail&source=g> >>>> 117)/ Old Sudbury Road: 3 >>>> >>>> 14) Old Bedford Road/ Hanscom Drive: 3 >>>> >>>> 15) South Great Road (Rte 117 >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/15)+South+Great+Road+(Rte+117?entry=gmail&source=g>)/ >>>> Sweet Bay Lane: 3 >>>> >>>> 16) Winter Street/ Old County Road: 3 >>>> >>>> 17) Route 2/ Lexington Road: 3 >>>> >>>> There were 212 accidents recorded for the year January 2023 to December >>>> 2024. These top 17 locations accounted for 142 of the accidents or 67% >>>> >>>> Attached is the raw data from MassDot.gov >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >>>> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >>>> Browse the archives at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >>>> Change your subscription settings at >>>> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >>>> >>>> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >>
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