Can you run a query on a specific intersection? On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM Margaret Olson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Attached is the MassDOT VRU (Vulnerable Road User) data for 2023-June 1, > 2025. You can run all kinds of interesting queries on the MassDOT site. > > Notes: > One of these accidents was at the Ballfield Road/Lincoln Road intersection. > In one case the VRU was on a sidewalk. > > The five year plan for road and intersection improvements is managed by > the Transportation Coalition (of which I am the chair). We will be holding > public forums in the fall as we do our annual update to the plan. As some > of you may know the public forums were originally planned for June, but the > town staff is busy with the upcoming special town meeting and so we > postponed. > > Margaret > > > On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All, >> This intersection has bedeviled the town for years/decades. >> The topography makes sight lines compromised. >> Curves and rises complicate things even further. >> Efforts to reduce vegetation and improve sight lines on the SE corner >> have failed. >> >> I suggest all interested might visit the RTC meetings and talk with the >> Superintendent of DPW to learn more. >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 1, 2025, at 7:17 AM, Joanna Schmergel < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 >>>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1)+Route+2?entry=gmail&source=g>/ >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >> 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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