A new investigation into Fresno’s most dangerous intersection at Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue calls for dramatic changes to the road’s layout, signage, and oversight to reduce dangerous collisions.
The report also concludes that the city’s current and potential future fixes have failed to address a major factor: Red light runners on northbound Friant crashing into cars traveling on Shepherd through the intersection.
The Fresno County Civil Grand Jury analyzed the causes of the crashes over the last few years at the intersection, which sits at southeastern corner of Woodward Park in northeast Fresno, near the River Park commercial area…