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Pedestrian crashes up in Austin
APD releases list of most dangerous intersections
Updated: Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012, 11:28 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 21 Feb 2012, 11:02 PM CST
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police have released a list of the most dangerous intersections in the city for pedestrians.
Auto-pedestrian crashes rose sharply in 2011 citywide and there have already been 6 fatal pedestrian crashes since the start of 2012.
"Historically what we see is a lot of these crashes - the pedestrian is crossing at a location they should not be crossing especially on major highways," said Lt. Ely Reyes with the APD Highway Enforcement unit.
Police said the most dangerous intersection for pedestrian is Cesar Chavez and Congress, where there have been 8 auto-pedestrian crashes since 2011. There have also been 8 crashes in the same amount of time at the intersection of 5th Street and Lavaca.
"I think the city has to do a better job of managing what are car areas and what are pedestrian areas where we want people to have a good time and shop," said Robert Segovia, who frequently walks in the Downtown area.
Austin police are using crash data to determine which intersections they will patrol.
"For a long time pedestrians in Austin just weren't being cited and it was kind of a free for all and enforcement was not there," said Reyes. "I think that by going out and doing these initiatives we send a message to the pedestrian and the vehicle that we are out there looking for violations and we want to do something to impact these crashes."
Rounding out the top four most dangerous intersections are Lamar and St. Johns and Congress and Woodward, each with seven crashes since 2008.
17 people were killed in auto pedestrian crashes in Austin in 2011, up from 10 fatalities in 2010.
APD has documented 128 intersections city wide that are dangerous for pedestrians - those with 3 or more accidents since 2008.
List of 128 most dangerous intersections for pedestrians:
| Congress & Cesar Chavez | 8 | ||
| 5th & Lavaca | 8 | ||
| Lamar & St Johns | 7 | ||
| Congress & Woodward (Lightsey) | 7 | ||
| 100 4th (E*W) | 6 | ||
| 9300 I 35 S WF | 6 | ||
| Riverside Dr & Crossing Pl | 6 | ||
| Bluebonnet & Lamar | 6 | ||
| 700 7th E | 6 | ||
| Congress & 4th | 6 | ||
| 600 Congress S | 5 | ||
| Lavaca & 6th | 5 | ||
| Lamar & Manchaca Rd | 5 | ||
| Jollyville & Braker | 5 | ||
| Lamar & Rutland | 5 | ||
| 1st St & Riverside | 5 | ||
| 1600 Congress S | 5 | ||
| Jones & Manchaca | 5 | ||
| Barton Springs & 1st St | 5 | ||
| 1300 Congress S | 5 | ||
| 100 8th (e*w) | 5 | ||
| 600 1st S | 5 | ||
| Barton Springs & Robert E Lee | 5 | ||
| Guadalupe & 38th St W | 5 | ||
| 1700 Rutland | 5 | ||
| Congress & Barton Springs | 5 | ||
| Congress & Alpine/Pickle | 4 | ||
| Riverside & Tinnin Ford (also Burton) | 4 | ||
| 1000 41ST ST E | 4 | ||
| Lamar & Rundberg | 4 | ||
| Congress Av & 7th St E | 4 | ||
| Congress & 2nd | 4 | ||
| 100 Riverside (E&W) | 4 | ||
| 5700 Manchaca | 4 | ||
| Riverside & Royal Crest | 4 | ||
| Riverside Dr & Montopolis | 4 | ||
| Nueces & 21st | 4 | ||
| Airport & 12th | 4 | ||
| Red River & 12th | 4 | ||
| 500 San Jacinto | 4 | ||
| 1200 Congress S | 4 | ||
| 1100 AIRPORT BLVD | 4 | ||
| Congress & 3rd | 4 | ||
| Guadalupe & 5th | 4 | ||
| Capital of Texas & Waymaker | 4 | ||
| Barton Springs & Riverside | 4 | ||
| 9200 North Plz | 4 | ||
| Capital of Texas & Wildridge | 4 | ||
| Guadalupe & 29th St | 4 | ||
| 45th & Shoal Creek | 4 | ||
| 800 Rutland | 4 | ||
| 7th & San Jacinto | 4 | ||
| 2400 Guadalupe | 4 | ||
| 11066 Pecan Park Bl | 4 | ||
| Speedway & 30th | 3 | ||
| 600 Barton Springs | 3 | ||
| Manchaca & Slaughter | 3 | ||
| 45th & Red River | 3 | ||
| 2000 Oltorf E | 3 | ||
| 12100 Metric Bl | 3 | ||
| 600 Red River | 3 | ||
| 2300 Lamar S | 3 | ||
| San Jacinto & 4th | 3 | ||
| 2500 Congress S | 3 | ||
| Parmer & Metric | 3 | ||
| MLK & San Jacinto | 3 | ||
| 3900 Congress S | 3 | ||
| 2500 Riverside E | 3 | ||
| Lamar & 51st | 3 | ||
| Congress S & Industrial | 3 | ||
| Barton Springs & Dawson | 3 | ||
| 3500 Lamar S | 3 | ||
| 2215 Town Lake Ci | 3 | ||
| I 35 SB Svc Rd & 6th St | 3 | ||
| Guadalupe & 2nd | 3 | ||
| Dean Keeton & Harris Park (Park Pl) | 3 | ||
| Congress & MLK | 3 | ||
| 800 Rundberg W | 3 | ||
| Wm Cannon & Bluff Springs | 3 | ||
| I 35 SB Svc Rd & 7th | 3 | ||
| 710 Ben White E | 3 | ||
| 24th & Nueces | 3 | ||
| 2200 Guadalupe | 3 | ||
| 1st St & Ben White EB Svc Rd | 3 | ||
| San Antonio & 3rd W | 3 | ||
| Red River & 8th St | 3 | ||
| Lamar & Barton Skyway | 3 | ||
| 7th & Red River | 3 | ||
| 5th & West | 3 | ||
| 1900 William Cannon W | 3 | ||
| 1900 Oltorf E | 3 | ||
| Speedway & 35th | 3 | ||
| Guadalupe & Dean Keeton | 3 | ||
| Riverside & Grove Blvd | 3 | ||
| Congress & Oltorf | 3 | ||
| 7th & Pleasant Valley | 3 | ||
| 4400 Riverside E | 3 | ||
| 1600 Barton Springs | 3 | ||
| 12901 I 35 N EF | 3 | ||
| Wm Cannon & S. Congress | 3 | ||
| Manor & Susquehanna | 3 | ||
| Lamar & Morrow | 3 | ||
| 8900 Lamar N | 3 | ||
| 8071 Lamar Bl N | 3 | ||
| Riverside & Wickersham | 3 | ||
| I 35 NB Svc Rd & Ben White E eb | 3 | ||
| Guadalupe & 8th | 3 | ||
| 500 6th E | 3 | ||
| 300 MLK W | 3 | ||
| Rutland & Mearns Meadow | 3 | ||
| Brodie & Silk Oak | 3 | ||
| Nueces & 5th | 3 | ||
| Lamar & Lamar Square | 3 | ||
| 6600 Elm Creek | 3 | ||
| 500 5th W | 3 | ||
| 400 7th E | 3 | ||
| 2100 Burton | 3 | ||
| 1900 Guadalupe | 3 | ||
| Congress Av & 5th St | 3 | ||
| 2110 Slaughter W | 3 | ||
| Lamar & 10th | 3 | ||
| West Gate & Jones | 3 | ||
| San Jacinto & 6th St | 3 | ||
| 500 Canyon Ridge W | 3 | ||
| 2200 Oltorf E | 3 | ||
| 11900 Jollyville | 3 | ||
| Lamar & Oltorf | 3 | ||
| 9616 Lamar N | 3 |
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