Massachusetts 2007 Five Percent Report
This report is in response to the Federal requirement that each state describe at least 5 percent of its locations currently exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs, in accordance with Sections 148(c)(1)(D) and 148(g)(3)(A), of Title 23, United States Code. Each state's report is to include potential remedies to the hazardous locations identified; estimated costs of the remedies; and impediments to implementation of the remedies other than costs. The reports included on this web site represent a variety of methods utilized and various degrees of road coverage. Therefore, this report cannot be compared with the other reports included on this Web site.
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Additional information, including the specific legislative requirements, can be found in the guidance provided by the Federal Highway Administration,
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/safetealu/fiveguidance.htm.
MASSACHUSETTS TOP 5% LOCATION REPORT
BASED ON SERIOUS INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES 1999-2001
| Total Number Of Fatal Crashes | Total Number Of Serious Injury Crashes | Weighted Average (=1.5 X fatal+1 X serious injury) | MHD DISTRICT | CITY/TOWN | ROUTE1 | STREET | ROUTE2 | INTERSECTING STREET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | 14.5 | 4 | SOMERVILLE | 28 | FELLSWAY | MYSTIC AVENUE | |
| 1 | 12 | 13.5 | 4 | REVERE | 1 | CUTLER HIGHWAY | ROBERT M COPELAND CIRCLE | |
| 1 | 11 | 12.5 | 4 | ANDOVER | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 0 | 11 | 11 | 4 | READING | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 0 | 11 | 11 | 5 | BROCKTON | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY | 27 | REYNOLDS HIGHWAY |
| 1 | 9 | 10.5 | 3 | WESTFORD | BOSTON ROAD | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | |
| 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | BOSTON | AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY | 203 | MORTON STREET | |
| 1 | 8 | 9.5 | 4 | CHELMSFORD | 3 | ROUTE 3 | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | MEDFORD | 16 | MYSTIC VALLEY PARKWAY | 28 | FELLSWAY |
| 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | CANTON | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | I-95 | INTERSTATE 95 |
| 1 | 7 | 8.5 | 4 | WILMINGTON | CONCORD STREET | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | BRAINTREE | 37 | GRANITE STREET | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | RANDOLPH | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | BOSTON | I-90 | MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE | I-93 | JOHN F FITZGERALD EXPRESSWAY |
| 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | REVERE | 1A | BELL CIRCLE | 60 | AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY |
| 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | CHICOPEE | I-391 | INTERSTATE 391 | 91 | INTERSTATE 91 |
| 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | WORCESTER | ARARAT STREET | I-190 | INTERSTATE 190 | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | BOSTON | COLUMBIA ROAD | I-93 | SOUTHEAST EXPRESSWAY | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 5 | TAUNTON | 140 | ROUTE 140 | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY |
| 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | ANDOVER | RIVER ROAD | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | BOSTON | AMERICAN LEGION HIGHWAY | WALK HILL STREET | ||
| 1 | 5 | 6.5 | 4 | SOMERVILLE | 28 | MCGRATH HIGHWAY | PEARL STREET | |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | BOSTON | WILLIAM T MORRISSEY BOULEVARD | FREEPORT STREET | ||
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ANDOVER | DASCOMB ROAD | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | HOPKINTON | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | I-90 | MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | MILTON | GRANITE AVENUE | I-93 | SOUTHEAST EXPRESSWAY | |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | TEWKSBURY | 38 | MAIN STREET | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | WILMINGTON | 129 | LOWELL STREET | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | SWANSEA | 6 | GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC HIGHWAY | I-195 | INTERSTATE 195 |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | ROBERT F TONER BOULEVARD | I-95 | INTERSTATE 95 | |
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | CAMBRIDGE | 3 | FRESH POND PARKWAY | MOUNT AUBURN STREET | |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | BURLINGTON | 3 | CAMBRIDGE STREET | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | WESTON | I-90 | MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | MEDFORD | ROOSEVELT CIRCLE | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | NEWTON | CENTRE STREET | WASHINGTON STREET | ||
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 5 | MANSFIELD | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | I-95 | INTERSTATE 95 |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | BILLERICA | CONCORD ROAD | 3 | ROUTE 3 | |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 4 | WAKEFIELD | NORTH AVENUE | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | |
| 1 | 4 | 5.5 | 5 | SHARON | I-95 | INTERSTATE 95 | SOUTH MAIN STREET | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BOSTON | I-93 | SOUTHEAST EXPRESSWAY | I-93 | MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BOSTON | I-93 | FRONTAGE ROAD | SOUTHAMPTON STREET | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | WOBURN | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | MAIN STREET CIRCLE | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | PEABODY | 114 | ANDOVER STREET | 128 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | SPRINGFIELD | I-91 | INTERSTATE 91 | 5 | SOUTH END BRIDGE |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BRAINTREE | 3 | PILGRIMS HIGHWAY | UNION STREET ROTARY | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | BROCKTON | 123 | BELMONT STREET | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | BOSTON | FRONTAGE ROAD | WEST FOURTH STREET | ||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | LAWRENCE | 114 | WINTHROP AVENUE | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BEDFORD | 3 | ROUTE 3 | 62 | BURLINGTON ROAD |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | NEW BEDFORD | 140 | ALFRED BESSETTE MEMORIAL HIGHWAY | I-195 | INTERSTATE 195 |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | CAMBRIDGE | 2A | MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE | 3 | MEMORIAL DRIVE |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | MEDFORD | 60 | SALEM STREET CIRCLE | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | HINGHAM | 3 | PILGRIM HIGHWAY | DERBY STREET | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BOSTON | ATLANTIC AVENUE | NEW NORTHERN AVENUE | ||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | AUBURN | I-90 | MASSACHUSETTS TURNPIKE | 12 | SOUTHBRIDGE STREET |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | LITTLETON | 2 | ROUTE 2 | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | DEDHAM | 109 | HIGH STREET | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | WORCESTER | CAMBRIDGE STREET | SOUTHBRIDGE STREET | ||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | BOSTON | SOUTH STREET | SURFACE ARTERY | ||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | STONEHAM | FELLSWAY | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | SOMERVILLE | 16 | ALEWIFE BROOK PARKWAY | BROADWAY | |
| 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | WAREHAM | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | 58 | ROUTE 58 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | DENNIS | OLD BASS RIVER ROAD | SETUCKET ROAD | ||
| 0 | 5 | 5 | DANVERS | I-95 | CENTRE STREET | |||
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | BOSTON | 1 | CANA RAMPS TO TOBIN BRIDGE | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | REVERE | 107 | BROADWAY | 60 | ALBERT J BROWN CIRCLE |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | REVERE | 1 | NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY | 16 | REVERE BEACH PARKWAY |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | WALTHAM | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | TRAPELO ROAD | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | WEST BRIDGEWATER | 106 | WEST CENTER STREET | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | BOSTON | 2 | COMMONWEALTH AVENUE | BEACON STREET | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | ATTLEBORO | 1 | WASHINGTON STREET | MAY STREET | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | KINGSTON | INDEPENDENCE MALL WAY | CRANBERRY ROAD | ||
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 3 | WEBSTER | 16 | GORE ROAD | I-395 | INTERSTATE 395 |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | RAYNHAM | BROADWAY | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | BOXFORD | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | BERLIN/HUDSON TOWN LINE | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | NEW BEDFORD | 18 | ASHLEY BOULEVARD | WOOD STREET | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 5 | WRENTHAM | 1 | WASHINGTON STREET | THURSTON STREET | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | LYNN | FRANKLIN STREET | 107 | WESTERN AVENUE | |
| 1 | 3 | 4.5 | SALISBURY | I-95 | 286 | |||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | SAUGUS | 1 | BLUE STAR MEMORIAL HIGHWAY | WALNUT STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WOBURN | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | WASHINGTON STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | MEDFORD | CONNECTOR MYSTIC VALLEY PARKWAY | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WOBURN | MONTVALE AVENUE | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | BOSTON | I-93 | JOHN F FITZGERALD EXPRESSWAY | DEWEY SQUARE TUNNEL | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | MARLBOROUGH | I-290 | INTERSTATE 290 | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WEYMOUTH | 18 | MAIN STREET | 3 | PILGRIM HIGHWAY |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WELLESLEY | 16 | WASHINGTON STREET | 9 | WORCESTER STREET |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | BOURNE | 6 | CRANBERRY HIGHWAY | 6 | SAGAMORE ROTARY |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | WORCESTER | 9 | BELMONT STREET | I-290 | INTERSTATE 290 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | DANVERS | ENDICOTT STREET | 128 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | DEDHAM | 1 | BOSTON PROVIDENCE TURNPIKE | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WILMINGTON | 125 | BALLARDVALE STREET | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | RAYNHAM | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY | 44 | ROUTE 44 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | WORCESTER | 12 | GOLD STAR BOULEVARD | 12 | WEST BOYLSTON STREET |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | QUINCY | HONORABLE THOMAS S BURGIN PARKWAY | GRANITE STREET | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | LAWRENCE | MARSTON STREET | STORROW STREET | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | BOSTON | KOSCIUSZKO CIRCLE | WILLIAM T MORRISSEY BOULEVARD | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | BRIDGEWATER | 104 | PLEASANT STREET | 24 | AMVETS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | PEABODY | CENTENNIAL DRIVE | 128 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ANDOVER | 28 | NORTH MAIN STREET | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | LEOMINSTER | 13 | MAIN STREET | 2 | CONCORD TURNPIKE |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | REVERE | 16 | REVERE BEACH PARKWAY | 107 | BROADWAY |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | QUINCY | I 93 EXIT 9 TO WILLARD STREET | I-93 | INTERSTATE 93 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | NATICK | OAK STREET | 9 | WORCESTER STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | DARTMOUTH | FAUNCE CORNER ROAD | I-195 | INTERSTATE 195 | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | BRAINTREE | SOUTH SHORE PLAZA | 37 | GRANITE STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | MILFORD | 109 | MEDWAY ROAD | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | DEDHAM | I-95 | YANKEE DIVISION HIGHWAY | UNIVERSITY AVENUE | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | FALL RIVER | 6 | MARTINE STREET | 6 | EASTERN AVENUE |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | FOXBOROUGH | I-95 | INTERSTATE 95 | 140 | COMMERCIAL STREET |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | BERLIN | I-495 | INTERSTATE 495 | 62 | CENTRAL STREET |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | FRAMINGHAM | 9 | WORCESTER ROAD | CALIFORNIA AVENUE | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | MANSFIELD | 106 | CHAUNCY STREET | 140 | ROUTE 140 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | FRANKLIN | 140 | WEST CENTRAL STREET | PANTHER WAY | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | LAWRENCE | MERRIMACK STREET | SOUTH UNION STREET | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | NEW BEDFORD | 18 | JOHN F KENNEDY HIGHWAY | I-195 | INTERSTATE 195 |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | MIDDLEBOROUGH | 28 | EAST GROVE STREET | WOOD STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | BOSTON | 1A | EAST BOSTON EXPRESSWAY | 1A | SUMNER TUNNEL |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | HOLBROOK | PINE STREET | WEYMOUTH STREET | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WEYMOUTH | 3A | BRIDGE STREET | NECK STREET | |
| 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | WATERTOWN | ARSENAL STREET | CHARLES GREENOUGH BOULEVARD | ||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | BILLERICA | 129 | SALEM STREET | GRAY STREET | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | WEST BRIDGEWATER | 106 | WEST CENTER STREET | MANLEY ROAD | ||
| 0 | 4 | 4 | SOMERVILLE | HIGHLAND AVENUE | LOWELL STREET |
