The ODOT analysis said the Detroit roundabout had above-average crashes “related to vehicles passing each other and angle crashes,” while Airport/Byrne had particular problems with angle collisions and nighttime crashes.   Some of the intersections however, may already have received safety-related improvements in recent years – so many of the issues may have been addressed. 

More than half of the 16 metro Toledo intersections on the list, for example, have undergone some form of construction within the past few years to change their layout, relieve congestion, or both.

According to an ODOT analysis, drivers following too closely to the vehicle in front of them was the most common reason for collisions at 14 of the 16 “priority” intersections in metro Toledo. The other two, at Central Avenue and Reynolds Road and on Detroit Avenue at the Cherry/Berdan roundabout, had failure to yield as the most common “contributing factor.” The Detroit roundabout and the Airport Highway/Byrne Road intersection in South Toledo had the highest crash totals between 2015 and 2017, with 240 and 228, respectively.