Metro Detroit Car Accident Lawyers & High-Crash Stretches of Freeways Statistics

by Daniel Buckfire on Nov. 23, 2011

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Summary: (800) 606-1717 Michigan car accident attorney discusses freeway motor vehicle accidents in Michigan and offers advice on car crash related lawsuits.


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Metro Detroit Freeway Car Accident Analysis

 

The statistics were tailored by the Detroit Free Press and are worth noting. Of the 871 people killed in traffic crashes in Michigan in 2009, 80 were on interstates. The statistics below include the top highest crash segments of freeways in metro Detroit from 2007-09, measuring by most crashes and highest crash rate (number of traffic crashes weighted to take in traffic volume).

 

Metro Detroit Freeways with Most Car Accidents

 

  1. North I -75 ………. 206 crashes
  2. East I-696 …………184 crashes
  3. North U.S. -23 …….128 crashes
  4. South I-75………….125 crashes
  5. East I-94……………125 crashes
  6. East I-96……………121 crashes
  7. East I-96/Inkster……119 crashes
  8. West I-96…………...117 crashes
  9. West I-96/Novi……...114 crashes

10a.East I-96…………....107 crashes

10b. West I-96/Inkster…..107 crashes

 

Metro Detroit Highest Crash Rate On Expressways

 

The number of crashes is weighted to take in traffic volume and is expressed in the number of crashes per million vehicle miles traveled. According to traffic safety experts, the median crash rate is 1. Statistics show that South I-75, East I-96, South I-375, North I-75, South I-275, South M-10 are the freeways with the highest crash rate.

 

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