Downtown Connector named the worst holiday accident hot spot
October 16, 2019 Atlanta: Morning commuters make their way in the rain south of 10th street on the connector downtown during the morning drive Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 with slick pavement and areas of fog. Before sunrise, visibility was down to less than a half-mile in metro Atlanta, Channel 2 meteorologist Eboni Deon said. Thursday morning, North Georgia will turn much cooler. âWe will feel widespread 40s all across the area,â Deon said. âThis is the coldest air we've seen so far this season. There are going to be a number of areas, at least right along the Tennessee and Georgia border, that will be dropping back into the 30s.â Deon expects to see morning lows in the 40s at least through Friday. Afternoon highs will be a bit more seasonable in the upper 60s and lower 70s through the end of the work week, she said, and it will stay dry.âBut heading into the weekend, thatâs when we are going to notice a lot of Gulf of Mexico moisture streaking northward, so with all that tropical moisture, rain chances move back in Saturday to Sunday.â Both days this weekend have a 40% chance of some showers and storms, according to Channel 2. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
So, it’s probably not surprise the Downtown Connector was named the top holiday crash spot in the United States in a recent study.
On Thursday, transportation nonprofit Go Safe Labs released their 10-city list, which was compiled using accident data from local, state and federal sources, according to a news release. The nonprofit uses traffic data to improve transportation infrastructure and public safety.
The nonprofit studied accidents that occurred in December from 2016 to 2018, and found the 10 highest accident counts occurred “at complex and confusing highway interchanges,” according to the release.
Atlanta had 52 accidents on the Downtown Connector during the month of December during the three-year period, according to the study.
Miami, which ranks second on the list, had 50 accidents at its Midtown Interchange, according to the study. Los Angeles comes in third with 27 accidents on it’s I-10/I-110 Interchange.
