Top 10 Most Dangerous Intersections for Cyclists in Bloomington, Indiana
Visualization of 2003-2022 cyclist-involved crash data. Hexes count number of crashes at those locations while triangles are crash locations.
Big surprise here is 11th and Fee, the #2 spot. 10 of 13 of those have a primary factor of “failure to yield” or “improper turning”. My guess is drivers turning onto Fee from garage on 11th, pulling in front of cyclists traveling fast southbound on Fee.
@markstos @bloomington_in That 7th and Eagleson is the top surprises me. I reluctantly am suspicious that a lot of those crashes involve bicyclists that fail to stop at the stop sign.
@samth @bloomington_in I’ve seen more cyclists blow the stop sign at 7th and Eagleson when it was not safe to do so than I have seen cars dangerously run the signs.
The intersection is downhill from three of four locations.
The intersection can get busy with pedestrians, cyclists and cars all trying to use it in the afternoons.
@markstos @bloomington_in Yeah I bike through that intersection quite regularly and cars are usually pretty slow and cautious (esp at high traffic times) and cyclists are often not.
@samth @bloomington_in When pedestrians may be at fault in crash data, there’s often a “primary factor” given as “pedestrian action”. The same does not seem to be true in cyclist-involved crashes.
I took at look at all the primary factors for the 24 cyclist-involved crashes at this intersection, and they are mostly “failure to yield” and “disregard sign”. But the data I have doesn’t indicate whether it was a cyclist or a driver that failed to yield.
@markstos @samth @bloomington_in I travel 11th & Fee a lot. Tons of pedestrians, people pulling in and out of the garage and the business school, and you’re at top speed when you get there southbound. I’m not too surprised.