CRASH SITES

CRASH SITES
An overview
Where the highest number of accidents occurred over the past five years in communities in the region, according to available statistics:
YOUNGSTOWN
Market Street on the South Side:
1999-2000: 473 accidents, two fatalities near Wayne Avenue.
Interstate 680:
Four fatalities since 1998.
BOARDMAN
U.S. Route 224:
1996-1998: 2,276 accidents. Of these, 1,868 occurred between Raccoon Road and Interstate 680 in Canfield and Boardman.
AUSTINTOWN
Most accidents occurred along Mahoning Avenue between state Route 46 and Raccoon Road. Exact numbers are not available. Figures for the township overall:
2000: no fatalities.
1999: six fatalities.
1998 accidents: 610, one fatality.
LISBON
2000: Beaver Street: 12 accidents, no injuries;Market Street: 25, no injuries; Lincoln Way: 24, one injury.
1999: Beaver: 14, no injuries; Market: 33, no injuries; Lincoln Way: 36, one injury.
1998: Beaver: 11, no injuries; Market: 17, no injuries; Lincoln Way: 27, no injuries.
SALEM
East State Street between Brooklyn Avenue and Butcher Road:
2000: 16 accidents, no injuries, no fatalities.
1999: 22, three injuries, no fatalities.
1998: 15, two injuries, no fatalities.
NILES, WARREN, HOWLAND
1999-2000 on North Road, which runs through Niles, Warren and Howland: 62 accidents; 32 injuries, no fatalities.
NILES
Total accidents on U.S. Route 422:
2000: 139 accidents, 44 injuries, one fatality.
1999: 130, 26 injuries, no fatalities.
1998: 120, 30 injuries, no fatalities.
Near U.S. Route 422 and state Route 46:
2000: 24, eight injuries, no fatalities.
1999: 27, three injuries, no fatalities.
1998: 32, eight injuries, no fatalities.
WARREN
East Market Street and North Road:
2000: 19 accidents, seven injuries.
1999: 20, five injuries.
1998: 14, three injuries
CHAMPION
State Route 45.
2000: 104 accidents.
SHARON/HERMITAGE/FARRELL
U.S. Route 62 between Hermitage, Mercer:
2000: three fatalities.
1998: two fatalities.
NEW CASTLE
Alcohol-related accidents on state Route 65:
1999: eight, no fatalities.
1998: nine, one fatality.