According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 40 percent of the estimated 5,811,000 crashes that occurred in the United States in 2008 were intersection-related crashes:

Crashes often occur at intersections because these are the locations where two or more roads cross each other and activities such as turning left, crossing over, and turning right have the potential for conflicts resulting in crashes..

What are the most dangerous intersections in Philly?

Given this data, we wanted to uncover the most dangerous intersections for drivers in Philadelphia. So, we parsed and analyzed tens of thousands of 2015 crash records from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Here are the most dangerous intersections in Philadelphia:

Rank Street 1 Street 2 Fatalities Injuries Crashes Danger Score 1 Grays Ave. S 49th St. 1 31 1 230 2 E Roosevelt Blvd Cottman Ave 0 19 12 152 3 Penn St Arrott St 1 21 1 149 4 Island Ave Lindbergh Blvd 0 18 10 140 5 N Broad St Vine St 0 15 13 137 6 S 61st St Passyunk Ave 0 16 10 136 7 Lindbergh Blvd S 84th St 0 17 7 126 8 Belmont Ave Westminster Ave 0 15 9 124 9 Aramingo Ave E Lehigh Ave 0 14 8 117 10 Frankford Ave E Norris St 0 18 2 115 11 N Front St E Hunting Park Ave 0 13 9 108 12 N 34th St Powelton Ave 0 14 6 108 13 Lansdowne Ave Haverford Ave 0 16 4 108 14 S 15th St Market St 0 7 3 104 15 Roosevelt Blvd Devereaux Ave 0 11 9 103 16 Whitaker Ave E Hunting Park Ave 0 13 8 103 17 Island Ave Woodland Ave 0 12 8 102 18 Castor Ave Pratt St 1 11 4 96 19 Harbison Ave Lincoln Hwy 1 10 4 94 20 Lindbergh Blvd S 61st St 0 11 6 94 21 Schuylkill Expy Montgomery Dr 0 12 7 94 22 Old York Rd Windrim Ave 0 13 4 93 23 Roosevelt Blvd Pratt St 0 11 7 92 24 Bridge St Tacony St 0 10 9 91 25 E Moyamensing Ave Federal St 0 12 6 90 26 Ridge Ave W Girad Ave 1 6 4 89 27 B St E Erie Ave 0 9 8 88 28 N 7th St W Olney Ave 0 10 6 83 29 Adams Ave Tabor Ave 0 11 6 83 30 N Broad St W Hunting Park Ave 0 9 8 82 31 Paschall Ave Grays Ferry Ave 0 12 4 81 32 Oxford Ave E Roosevelt Blvd 0 10 5 79 33 W Sedgley Ave York Street 0 12 2 78 34 Lincoln Hwy Grant Ave 0 8 6 77 35 Roosevelt Blvd Southampton Rd 0 9 6 77 36 N 9th St W Girad Ave 0 9 7 77 37 E Roosevelt Blvd Tyson Ave 0 9 6 76 38 S 9th St Sansom St 0 9 6 76 39 S 34th St Grays Ferry Ave 0 9 7 75 40 Bustleton Ave Grant Ave 0 7 8 74 41 Algon Ave Rhawn St 0 9 6 74 42 Stenton Ave E Gorgas Ln 0 6 8 73 43 SR 1001 Adams Ave 0 8 7 73 44 Wissahickon Ave Roberts Ave 0 9 6 73 45 N 40th St Poplar St 0 10 4 73 46 Schuylkill Expy Montgomery Dr 3 1 1 71 47 Lincoln Hwy Borbeck Ave 0 9 5 71 48 Lincoln Hwy Rhawn St 0 6 8 70 49 N 2nd St Spring Garden St 0 7 8 70 50 Belmont Ave Belmont Dr 0 9 4 70 51 E Roosevelt Blvd Langdon St 0 9 4 70 52 Schuylkill Expy South St 0 7 6 69 53 Fox St W Hunting Park Ave 0 9 4 69 54 N 54th St City Ave 0 6 6 68 55 N 32nd St Spring Garden St 0 8 5 68 56 N 5th St W Roosevelt Blvd 0 8 5 68 57 Knights Rd Woodland Ave 0 8 6 68 58 Schuylkill Expy Vine St Expy 0 8 7 68 59 Roosevelt Expy N/A 0 9 5 68 60 Devereaux Ave Lincoln Hwy 1 5 5 67 61 F St Lincoln Hwy 0 6 7 67 62 Cobbs Creek Pkwy Church Ln 0 8 5 67 63 Lincoln Hwy Grant Ave 0 8 5 67 64 Castor Ave St Vincent St 0 7 6 66 65 W Oregon Ave S 24th St 0 7 7 66 66 S 28th St Passyunk Ave 0 8 5 66 67 N Broad St Arch St 2 2 3 65 68 Whitaker Ave E Wyoming Ave 0 6 7 65 69 Delaware Expy Arch St 0 6 7 65 70 N Broad St N/A 0 7 4 65 71 Academy Rd Holme Ave 0 7 6 65 72 Lancaster Ave City Ave 0 8 6 65 73 S 58th St Baltimore Ave 0 7 6 64 74 Academy Rd Frankford Ave 0 7 6 64 75 S 34th St Market St 0 8 5 64 76 Summerdale Ave Lincoln Hwy 0 8 3 63 77 S 53rd St Sansom St 0 8 5 63 78 N 63rd St Haverford Ave 0 8 5 63 79 N 2nd St Cecil B. Moore Ave 0 10 1 63 80 Adams Ave Lincoln Hwy 2 1 3 62 81 N 15th St Vine St 0 5 7 62 82 N Broad St W Tioga St 0 6 6 62 83 S 34th St N/A 0 6 7 62 84 Oxford Cir E Roosevelt Blvd 0 7 5 62 85 S 61st St Walnut St 0 8 2 62 86 N Front St E Olney Ave 0 8 4 62 87 S 30th St Chestnut St 0 9 3 62 88 W Sedgwick St Germantown Ave 0 9 3 62 89 Algon Ave Levick St 0 9 3 62 90 Bustleton Ave Hellerman St 0 7 4 61 91 Ogontz Ave W Olney Ave 0 7 5 61 92 E Butler St Aramingo Ave 0 8 4 61 93 Bustleton Ave Red Lion Rd 0 7 5 60 94 Paschall Ave S 49th St. 0 8 3 60 95 S 62nd St Walnut St 0 8 4 60 96 S 52nd St Chestnut St 0 8 4 60 97 Bustleton Ave Magee Ave 0 9 2 60 98 Harbison Ave E Roosevelt Blvd 0 9 3 60 99 Delaware Expy N/A 0 6 8 59 100 S 12th St Market St 0 7 4 59 101 Bustleton Ave Harbison Ave 0 7 4 59 102 N 5th St W Norris St 0 7 5 59 103 Bustleton Ave Hendrix St 0 7 5 59 104 N 3rd St W Roosevelt Blvd 0 8 3 59 105 N Broad St Vine St Expy 0 6 5 58 106 Southampton Rd Roosevelt Blvd 0 6 6 58 107 Rutland St Bridge St 0 7 4 58 108 Island Ave Paschall Ave 0 7 5 58 109 Castor Ave Hoffnagle St 0 8 4 58 110 N 5th St W Girard Ave 0 5 7 57 111 N 22nd St York Street 0 6 3 57 112 Academy Rd Grant Ave 0 6 5 57 113 N 8th St W Girard Ave 0 6 5 57 114 Bustleton Pike County Line Rd 0 6 6 57 115 Belmont Ave Montgomery Dr 0 7 4 57 116 Bridge St Ramsay Rd 0 8 3 57 117 Roosevelt Blvd Red Lion Rd 0 5 6 56 118 S 6th St Race St 0 6 4 56 119 N 22nd St Market St 0 6 6 56 120 Fox St Abbottsford Ave 0 6 6 56 121 City Ave N/A 0 6 6 56 122 Frankford Ave E Lehigh Ave 0 6 6 56 123 N Broad St Master St 0 7 5 56 124 F St E Roosevelt Blvd 0 9 1 56 125 S Broad St Packer Ave 0 6 5 55 126 E Huntington Park Ave Kensington Ave 0 6 6 55 127 N Christopher Columbus Blvd N Water St 0 7 4 55 128 N Front St E Cambria St 0 8 2 55 129 S 52nd St Walnut St 1 3 3 54 130 Garland St N Tabor rd 0 4 5 54 131 Cardinal Ave City Ave 0 6 4 54 132 N Broad St W Somerville Ave 0 6 5 54 133 Penrose Ave S 26th St 0 6 5 54 134 S 4th St Snyder Ave 0 7 3 54 135 N Wister St Chew Ave 0 7 3 54 136 N 2nd St W Lehigh Ave 0 7 4 54 137 Island Ave Buist Ave 0 7 4 54 138 N 11th St Arch St 1 1 2 53 139 Red Lion Rd Halderman Ave 0 5 6 53 140 E Roosevelt Blvd Tyson Ave 0 6 4 53 141 E Roosevelt Blvd Deveraux Ave 0 6 4 53 142 N 2nd St W Girard Ave 0 6 5 53 143 E Fisher Ave N Front St 0 7 3 53 144 E Roosevelt Blvd Summerdale Ave 0 7 3 53 145 Byberry Rd Worthington Rd 0 7 4 53 146 Penrose Ferry Rd Bartram Ave 0 8 2 53 147 W Cheltenham Ave Old York Road 0 5 6 52 148 W Cheltenham Ave N Broad St 0 6 4 52 149 Greene St W Rittenhouse St 0 6 4 52 150 E Roosevelt Blvd N/A 0 6 4 52

Interactive Map

Use the map below to explore the dangerous intersections throughout Philadelphia. Larger circles represent a more dangerous intersection that may be fatal and may cause a need for medical attention. Hover over any circle to see the key crash data for each intersection.

Key Findings

The 150 Philadelphia intersections identified here accounted for 772 total crashes involving 2,676 people in 2015. Those crashes caused 1,252 injuries and 15 fatalities.

Each dangerous intersection from the study averaged 5.15 crashes, 8.35 injuries, 0.10 fatalities, and involved an average of 18 people.

The most dangerous intersection – Grays Ave. and S 49th St. – was home to just one crash, but it was a devastating one. The collision involved a stolen vehicle which crashed into a SEPTA trolley, injuring 31 people and killing one.

The third most dangerous intersection, Penn St and Arrott St, was also the scene of a single vehicle collision with a SEPTA trolley, injuring 21 people and killing one.

The intersection with the most total individual crashes in 2015 was N Broad St and Vine St.

The intersection with the most fatalities was Schuylkill Expy. and Montgomery Dr. There was just one crash at this intersection but it claimed the lives of three people.

Methodology

We parsed over 43,000 Pennsylvania collision records for 2015, separating all accidents that occurred at intersections within Philadelphia city limits. We then created a formula to rate the danger of the intersection.

Formula: Number of People Involved + Total Crashes (x2) + Injuries (x5) + Fatalities (x20) = Danger Score

The collision data used in this study was obtained from the PennDOT’s open data portal.