Hamilton County Reporter
Hamilton County Sheriff Dennis Quakenbush has released the county’s top three crash locations.
According to the Sheriff, two of the three locations with the most frequent crashes are located on 146th Street:
• 146th Street & Hazel Dell Road
• 236th Street & U.S. 31
• 146th Street & Gray Road
According to Quakenbush, the main cause of accidents at these intersections were drivers following other vehicles too closely.
Sheriff Quakenbush recommends leaving at least three seconds between you and the vehicle in front of you. He also reminds all drivers not to text and drive and to obey
all traffic controls.
236 & 31 is going to be reconstructed over the next year — they going to put a flyover interchange there. From friends who live within 500 yards of the intersection, the state’s already purchasing the land.
As for two 146th street intersections — maybe it would behoove the county to either install better monitoring equipment for giving the non-dominant direction adequate time to clear out, or install traffic cameras to help bring a level of responsibility/accountability to “at-fault” parties. As a road-cyclist, there are times where the light isn’t green long enough for me to get across, and I”m usually dodging leftover debris from construction or other accidents.