Winter turns Atlanta’s busiest interchange into a crash hotspot where commercial trucks and holiday traffic collide under hazardous conditions.
What’s Happening: A new national study from fleet tracking company Samsara shows Atlanta’s Spaghetti Junction experiences a 150% jump in commercial crash rates during winter months compared to fall. The interchange of I-85 and I-285 ranks 13th nationwide for winter crash rate increases.
What’s Important: The Tom Moreland Interchange, also known as Spaghetti Junction, handles 300,000 vehicles daily through 14 bridges and five levels of ramps. Winter conditions make those complex merges and lane changes even more dangerous as temperatures drop and darkness arrives earlier…