Our Traverse City car accident lawyers share the list of Grand Traverse County’s Top 10 most dangerous intersections based on Michigan State Police car accident reports for 2023 so local drivers can use extra caution when they’re traveling through these areas.

This annual list of most dangerous intersections is provided by our attorneys to help keep Michigan drivers safe.

Every year, approximately one-third (30{c9b670b3c77d807bdd7060c9fc0a99121cc6b184676c9335f3481a95c383dd4c}) of all fatal motor vehicle accidents in Michigan occur at intersections.

Our list of Grand Traverse County’s Most Dangerous Intersections reflects the latest car accident data available from 2023 on the top 10 interchanges with the highest number of reported car crashes. Our attorneys would like to thank the Michigan State Police Traffic Crash Reporting Unit for helping us by providing the car crash data that we use to identify these intersections. The underlying traffic accident data analysis is compiled using motor vehicle accident reports filed by local law enforcement and police departments throughout Michigan.

What were Grand Traverse County’s Most Dangerous Intersections in 2023?

Here are the top 10 most dangerous intersections in Grand Traverse County in 2023:

1. US 31 @ W SOUTH AIRPORT RD, Garfield Twp, 43 Total Crashes, 4 Injuries
2. SOUTH AIRPORT RD @ N GARFIELD RD, Garfield Twp, 30 Total Crashes, 6 Injuries
3. BARLOW ST @ LA FRANIER RD, Garfield Twp, 26 Total Crashes, 12 Injuries
4. CROSSING CIR @ W SOUTH AIRPORT RD, Garfield Twp, 26 Total Crashes, 8 Injuries
5. BEITNER RD @ M 37, Blair Twp, 24 Total Crashes, 5 Injuries
6. 3 MILE RD @ US 31, East Bay Twp, 24 Total Crashes, 3 Injuries
7. FRONT ST @ S GARFIELD AVE E, Traverse City, 20 Total Crashes, 6 Injuries
8. DIVISION ST @ SILVER LAKE RD, Traverse City, 20 Total Crashes, 2 Injuries
9. PARK DR @ W SOUTH AIRPORT RD, Garfield Twp, 19 Total Crashes, 4 Injuries
10. CASS RD @ W SOUTH AIRPORT RD, Garfield Twp, 19 Total Crashes, 0 Injuries

– Source: Michigan State Police Traffic Crash Reporting Unit (NOTE: The list of Grand Traverse County’s most dangerous intersections is the latest data available from 2023 for total crashes at intersections in Michigan. “Intersection” is defined as any road with a traffic signal, four-way stop or roundabout. The crash data encompasses and includes any traffic accident reported that occurred within 200 feet of an intersection including near freeways (and their subsequent on-ramps off-ramps and service streets), divided highways and rural roads.)

More Information On The Top 2 of Grand Traverse County’s Most Dangerous Intersections

No. 1: US 31 @ W SOUTH AIRPORT RD, Garfield Township

This very busy corner south of Traverse City is once again at the top of the list of Grand Traverse County’s Most Dangerous Intersections.

Total crashes in 2023 increased to 43 from 38 in both 2022 and 2021. Although this was an increase from 35 in 2020, it was still significantly lower than the 62 auto accidents that occurred at this intersection in 2019.

Fortunately, injuries from collisions at this intersection dropped drastically in 2023, falling from 19 in 2022 to 4 in 2023. In 2021 and 2020, there were 6 and 5 injuries, respectively. 

No. 2: SOUTH AIRPORT RD @ N GARFIELD RD, Garfield Township

The second intersection on the Grand Traverse County’s Most Dangerous Intersections for 2023 yielded 30 total collisions, up slightly from 29 in 2022. Between 2020 and 2023, 2021 has the highest number of crashes with 34. In 2020, there were 21 car accidents at this interchange.

Injuries in 2023 were down slightly, decreasing from 9 in 2022 to 6 in 2023. In 2021 and 2020, there were 4 and 9 injuries, respectively.

Data for other Michigan cities and counties

As we see from years of data analysis on Michigan intersection accidents, intersections with heavy traffic near freeways or retail businesses continually show up on these high car crash lists.

Visit our Michigan’s Most Dangerous Intersections page for a complete list of the top twenty intersections in the state for car crashes. To read blog posts about specific counties and cities click here.

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