A green light turns yellow. One driver puts his foot through the floor board. The adjacent driver is itching to test his 0-60 as his red light turns green. What’s the outcome?

Intersections make necessary road transitions efficient and simple. However, the rise in population, and therefore traffic, throughout the States raises some alarming statistics about intersections fatalities. AutoInsurance.org reports the following:

Between 2010 and 2017, an average of 24 people died each day in traffic accidents at intersections across the country. In some ways, this figure represents a public safety crisis. Crashes at intersections claim more lives each day than other widely publicized threats, such as the national shortage of organ donors. Of course, some states contributed more to the national average than others.

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A focal point for many intersection-related fatalities is Florida. As of 2017, Florida was the deadliest state for the top 7 out of 10 U.S. Highways for Intersection Deaths.

A prime example is U.S. Highway 1: While the highway extends up to Maine, the intersection deaths are concentrated in Florida. This reality reflects the nature of the road near Florida’s southern point: As drivers get closer to the Florida Keys, the highway begins to seem more like a local road, complete with stoplights, varied speed limits, and traffic.Similarly, second-ranked U.S. Highway 41 passes through several Florida communities, with some intersections along the highway getting major upgrades as of late.

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According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there’s been a 27% increase in intersection fatalities since 2010. We analyzed this data to highlight the deadliest areas in the U.S. Georgia stands out:

• Since 2010, there’ve been 8,752 of these deaths per year. That’s 24 per day.
• In 2017, GA ranked 11th in intersection fatalities per 1k miles of road.
• With 3.24 intersection deaths per 1k miles of road, Georgia’s fatality rate was significantly higher than the U.S. average of 2.45 deaths per 1k miles

Driving with caution becomes more and more important as our population continues to grow. What safety measures have you found helpful on the road— especially at intersections? Let’s discuss them in the comments section below!