Crime & Safety

What's the Most Dangerous Intersection in Peabody? [POLL]

The Police Department recently released the top accident intersections since 2008.

According to the , the intersection that has seen the highest number of major accidents in recent years is at Main and Washington streets (18).

Over the past four years, police have recorded 6,603 accidents in the city of Peabody, 1,303 of them have resulted in personal injuries (118 of those involving pedestrians) and just four fatalities -- two in 2008 and two last year.

Those numbers do not include crashes handled by the state police -- there have actually been four more fatalities in that time.

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Another interesting fact: out of all 6,603 accidents, issued 208 citations.

Top 12 Accident Intersections, 2008-2011

 

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1 Main Street & Washington Street 18 2 Lowell Street & Newbury Street 16 3 Lowell Street & Perkins Street 15 4 Main Street & Caller Street 14 5 Lynn Street & Bartholomew Street 14 6 Washington Street & Aborn Street 12 7 County Street & Lynn Street 12 8 Washington Street & Granite Street 11 9 Andover Street & Route 128 10 10 Andover Street & Cross Street 9 11 Centennial Drive & Summit Street 9 12 Lowell Street & King Street 9 * This data is only accidents investigated by Peabody police, and does not include accidents investigated by state police or minor accidents only reported to various insurance companies.

So what is the most dangerous intersection you deal with regularly? Is it Main and Washington or do you think there's a more dangerous intersection out there? Let us know via the poll below.


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