Tom Greenwood, The Detroit News (Click to read)
The Ford and Haggerty roads intersection in Canton Township is the most crash prone in southeastern Michigan, edging out 11 Mile and Southfield Road.
According to the South East Michigan Council of Governments’ list of the 21st worst sites, Ford and Haggerty has averaged 67 crashes annually between 2008 and 2012 for a total of 335. The intersection is near the Metro area’s only IKEA store, numerous other businesses and close to a busy freeway.
The 11 Mile and Southfield Road intersection in Southfield placed second, averaging 65.8 annually for a five-year total of 329 crashes.
Longtime Southfield resident Jim Whiteford said he is extra cautious when driving on Southfield.
“The intersection at 10 Mile is bad, 11 Mile is really bad and 12 Mile is the worst,” Whiteford said. “You really have to pay attention because so many people blow the red lights at those intersections. I saw it happen the other day.”
Two other Southfield intersections made SEMCOG’s list: 10 Mile and Southfield is 17th worst, and Southfield and 12 Mile is 21st worst.
For Whiteford, two mitigating factors to the problem are the nearness of Interstate 696 and the way the intersections were built.
“The intersections are landlocked so they can’t do too much to rebuild them,” Whiteford said. “I live close to Southfield Road, close enough that I can hear the screeching tires and then the impact. When I hear that, I automatically call the police.”
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