Yes - do a spatial search

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM Joanna Schmergel <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>>
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