Now add commercial trucks. In 2022, there were 2,760 crashes involving truck tractors across Arizona and 152 people didn’t survive them. A semi hitting a car at an intersection is a different kind of wreck, and sorting out fault between the driver, the trucking company, and their insurers usually requires Phoenix truck accident attorneys who handle these cases for a living.
MAG collected crash data from 2017 through 2021, weighting it by frequency, severity, and pedestrian involvement. Same five intersections kept coming up. All on the west side.
1. 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road: 411 Crashes
Number one in the county and the only roundabout on this list. They built the circle in 2002 when the land around it was mostly empty. Then housing and stores went up everywhere, and now the traffic is way beyond what the layout was meant to handle.
People who live nearby aren’t shy about it. The signs are confusing. Drivers switch lanes mid-circle without a blinker. Pedestrians have no clue where to cross. «I pick up plastic bumpers and headlight pieces,» one resident told 12News. The city says it’ll study the intersection and may either rework the roundabout or tear it out for a regular light.
2. 67th Avenue and Indian School Road: 263 Crashes
West Phoenix. Lots of housing, several schools within a few blocks. It jams up twice a day: rush hour and afternoon dismissal. Include the nearby crossings where 67th hits Thomas and McDowell, and the crash count on this corridor goes past 600…