BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Brown County recently celebrated the reopening of what was previously deemed the most dangerous intersection in the county.
So, what’s the next most dangerous intersection, and is anything being done to make it safer?
Near Green Bay Southwest High School, a new roundabout was part of the fix for Packerland and Trojan Drives, Brown County’s now former most dangerous intersection.
“One of the things we see at the roundabouts is initially when they come in there seems to be an uptick of crashes, but the crashes that we’re seeing are far less severe, so it’s rare we see an injury crash within the roundabout,” said Sgt. Sean Hamill with the Green Bay Police Department.
Fatal and serious injury crashes are major parts of the equation when determining dangerous intersections.
In a 2018 report of county roadways, the Packerland/Trojan area was on its own danger level. Four intersections were a step below. They are Fernando Drive/South Pine Tree Road, Fort Howard/Ashland Avenues, North Sugarbush/Algoma Roads, and Grant Street/Mid Valley Drive.
“The death and the serious injury are going to give it a higher rating,” said Chris Hardy, Brown County Highway Commissioner.
Hardy says the county is in the process of updating its list of roadways in need of attention.
With help from local municipalities, Brown County is developing a “Safe Streets and Roads for All” safety action plan that will not only include county roadways, but local ones as well. Preliminary findings will be revealed Thursday with a final report coming in December.
“That final report would provide the county and all our partners that we worked with ideas in their network on where they could focus some of their safety issues,” said Hardy.
Green Bay received its own federal grant to make its roads safer.
Sgt. Hamill says fatal and serious injury crashes are also the measures the city relies on when identifying dangerous spots.
“Some of the most dangerous intersections that we see in the city are along our West Mason and East Mason corridor,” said Hamill. “I can think off the top of my head, Mason and Webster, Mason and Baird.”
Hamill says many crashes can be prevented, reminding drivers to slow down and stop if possible at yellow lights instead of speeding up to get through.
Wisconsin Community Maps is a website where you can track the roadways in your community that have crashes with injuries or fatalities.
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