I-80 and LaGrange Among the Most Crash-Prone Intersections: IDOT

An off ramp at Interstate 80 and LaGrange Road is the most crash-prone intersection in the south suburbs, according to data released by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

The westbound off-ramp from I-80 onto LaGrange Road, which leads into Orland Park and Tinley Park, recorded 56 crashes in 2010. That's the second highest crash total in the six-county metro area.

The highest crash figure is 63, recorded at Stony Island Avenue and South Chicago Avenue on Chicago's South Side.

State Police Sgt. Jim Powell told Sun-Times Media in a report today that people stopping to judge LaGrange Road traffic are causing the accidents: “People stop, and there’s two turning lanes with a sign out there that says no turn on red except right lane.”

The other south suburban intersections on IDOT's crash list, ordered by rank, include:

• 3rd, Cicero Avenue and 127th Street in Alsip, 53 accidents
• 10th, Lincoln Highway at Cicero Avenue in Matteson, 46 accidents
• 12th, Bolingbrook Drive at I-55 southbound in Bolingbrook, 45 accidents
• 15th, Weber Road at I-55 southbound in Romeoville, 43 accidents
• 19th, 159th Street and River Oaks Drive at Torrence Avenue in Calumet City, 41 accidents
• 20th, 127th Street at Paulina Street in Calumet Park, 41 accidents

Visit the suntimes.com to see the north suburban intersections.

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