05-11-1999 Public Hearing - Woodhill CC

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Table 1 Average Daily Traffic Volumes on CSAH 15 January Through June 1998 CSAH 15 Average Daily Traffic Volumes Month Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday January 16,553 17,369 16,965 16,193 18,302 14,996 11,067 February 17,101 17,913 17.984 1.134 18,761 15,566 12,533 March 17,310 17,715 18,006 18,104 18,422 15,845 11,921 April 19,237 19,860 19,762 19,826 21,083 18,258 14,470 May 20,027 21,952 22,447 22,412 23,028 20,215 17,547 June 22,208 22,845 23,075 23,098 24,252 21,368 18,826 The data provided by Hennepin County allows for a review of the type of accident occurring during the 1995-1997 time period, l able 2 provides a compilation of those accident types at various intersection and roadway segments. The accident types that occurred most frequently were the one vehicle accident and the rear end accident. The one vehicle accident comprised 41 percent of the total accidents while the rear end accident type was 27 percent of the total 3-year accidents. These two types provided 68 percent of the accident types along CSAH 15 from CSAH 51 to Ferndale Road. These types of accidents are prevalent along a roadway that is narrow, congested, and lacking in turn lanes. The intersection accidents at the four primar>’ intersections along the study corridor have been tabulated and the accident rate has been calculated. The rate is compared to the 3-year county average for tee and 2-way stop controlled intersections. These data are provided on Table 3. The accident rate for the roadway segment between CSAH 51 and Orono Orchard Road can be calculated for the three-year period. This segment excludes the intersection accidents at CSAH 51 and at Orono Orchard Road. The number of accidents along this 1.37 mile segment and the accident rate (accidents/million vehicle miles) is shown on Table 4. J. I I I • « • » t i •»4 t f • I •-4 f • « • ♦