NW 39th Ave & NW 43rd St
Grade F. About 29 crashes a year, 1.8× what a similar intersection sees. Most are rear-end crashes. Suggested fix: appropriate yellow change intervals.
Crashes a year
291.8× a similar intersection
Crash rate for its traffic
2.4×the median similar intersection, per car driving through
1.1 vs 0.5 crashes per million cars
Since January 2022
130crashes in total
1 walking, 1 on a bike, none fatal
What stands out
Mostly rear-end crashes, at about the usual share for an intersection like this.
When crashes happen
Busiest 2 PM to 5 PM, worst on Thursdays.
The fix
Appropriate yellow change intervals
- 36-50% fewer red-light running where it's been tried
- 8-14% fewer total crashes where it's been tried
- 12% fewer injury crashes where it's been tried
CostLow
How this fix worksThe intersection
- YesSignal
- YesCrosswalk
- YesLeft-turn lane
- YesMedian
Camera angles
From above, and from the street. Turn the street view to look down each road.
Read the full write-up
NW 39th Ave & NW 43rd St recorded 130 crashes since 2022, placing the location at rank 16 citywide. Safety screening indicates 71 crashes predicted for similar corners, representing 13 excess crashes per year for this location. From the 2015-2018 FDOT crash data, rear-end collisions represent the top collision category, though this distribution remains normal for comparable signalized locations. The intersection is equipped with an active traffic signal. Adjusting yellow change intervals serves as the recommended low-cost countermeasure according to FHWA safety research findings.
Rear-end. In the 2015-2018 FDOT data, rear-end collisions comprised 55% of crashes. This is normal for similar corners, where the comparison value is 52%.
Written by Gemini from the numbers on this page.