Why does Houston have so many wrong way crashes? (Dallas: home, high school)

[SanJac]

It’s possible the officer was just disoriented, especially if she was not familiar with the area. Some stretches of I-10 in that area have 2-way feeders on both sides of the highway. It’s possible she was driving eastbound on the feeder and drove through a stop sign? ...eventually reaching the exit ramp which she mistook for an on ramp? It’s a tragic death. I feel for her family.

[Double L]

Houston is not in the top 20 of cities in America with the most traffic accidents.

https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/a...t-prone-cities

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by Double L

Houston is not in the top 20 of cities in America with the most traffic accidents.

https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/a...t-prone-cities

But it has the most car accident deaths: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...t-12865072.php

[Double L]

So those numbers are from 2001-2016 while my numbers are from the last year. Also, the chronicle didn’t include all metro areas in their list, only the top 12 largest metros in America.

[jfre81]

Originally Posted by Double L

So those numbers are from 2001-2016 while my numbers are from the last year.

Do "your" (you researched this yourself?) numbers reflect some significant improvement in local roadway safety?

Which is really to ask, what has changed since 2016?

[DabOnEm]

Originally Posted by Double L

So those numbers are from 2001-2016 while my numbers are from the last year. Also, the chronicle didn’t include all metro areas in their list, only the top 12 largest metros in America.

So the numbers you posted were analyzed over one year while what I posted was a study that took place over a decade. And Houston should only be compared to the largest metro areas, and not small ones like Bakersfield...

[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by SanJac

It’s possible the officer was just disoriented, especially if she was not familiar with the area. Some stretches of I-10 in that area have 2-way feeders on both sides of the highway. It’s possible she was driving eastbound on the feeder and drove through a stop sign? ...eventually reaching the exit ramp which she mistook for an on ramp? It’s a tragic death. I feel for her family.

Cmon man. Disoriented? Not familiar with the area? That normally doesn’t equate getting on the wrong side of the interstate. It’s one thing if it was a residential road on a narrow 2 lane street with no lights but an interstate? Majority of the times, we know it’s cause the driver was intoxicated. We’re reserving judgement with her cause she’s a cop.

Originally Posted by Double L

Houston is not in the top 20 of cities in America with the most traffic accidents.

https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/a...t-prone-cities

That list has a couple of errors. Don’t know how trustworthy this site is if they can’t even get the basics right. Like Charlotte South Carolina is really more dangerous than Charlotte North Carolina? Lol

[Spade]

Originally Posted by DabOnEm

Having so many feeder roads, and almost relying on them, really messed things up. In many spots around town they act like mini-freeways being so wide but they also have so many driveways. I've seen cars turn left onto feeders and were luckily able to turn around the opposite directions.

It’s one of the main reasons why I hate them.

[SanJac]

Originally Posted by Redlionjr

Cmon man. Disoriented? Not familiar with the area? That normally doesn’t equate getting on the wrong side of the interstate. It’s one thing if it was a residential road on a narrow 2 lane street with no lights but an interstate? Majority of the times, we know it’s cause the driver was intoxicated. We’re reserving judgement with her cause she’s a cop.



That list has a couple of errors. Don’t know how trustworthy this site is if they can’t even get the basics right. Like Charlotte South Carolina is really more dangerous than Charlotte North Carolina? Lol

Yeah, I’m trying to give the benefit of the doubt. You’re right. Those 2-way feeder roads are confusing though!

[RedScare]

The original poster gave the reason in the very first post. The overwhelming majority of wrong way crashes result from intoxicated drivers, and Houston has a HUGE drunken driving problem. We have a large percentage of drunks, and a very inefficient mass transit system. Add in the proliferation of master planned communities that place commercial ares (bars) miles away from residences, forcing those drunks to drive to drink, and drive to get home, and you have a recipe for disaster.

Most wrong way crashes occur on two way roads, but the feeder road issue does allow for more highway crashes than areas without feeders.