Would you please direct me a bit as to how? I often find the website
overwhelming and it seems like you can extract everything EXCEPT what you
need.

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM Margaret Olson <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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