3 Strongsville Intersections among 100 Most Dangerous

Strongsville is home to three of the 100 most dangerous intersections in Cuyahoga County, according to a newly released study from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency.

Ranking highest -- not too surprisingly -- is the Howe-Royalton roads intersection, where thousands of vehicles converge every day to access I-71 and Strongsville's shopping district.

That intersection tied for 33rd most dangerous in the county, with 108 accidents reported there in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Tied for 54th is the Pearl-Royalton intersection, where 76 collisions were reported over the three-year period.

Tied at 62 is the Prospect-Royalton corner. Over the three-year period, 54 crashes took place there.

The NOACA study ranks the danger of intersections by looking at frequency and severity of collisions, measured by injuries and damage to vehicles.

Eight of the top 10 intersections were in Cleveland. The other two most dangerous are in Beachwood and Shaker Heights.

In the westside suburbs, the corner of Lorain Road and Great Northern Boulevard in North Olmsted was highest on the danger list at No. 15.

Police Chief Charles Goss, noting that the Royalton-I-71 area is Strongsville's accident hotspot, said last year that the police department was putting special patrols at Royalton Road and I-71 area to determine what is causing the accidents. 

That means, he said, that officers might be writing some "non-traditional tickets" for things like following too close, inappropriate lane changes, driver inattention and causing gridlock by pulling into an intersection that isn't clear and blocking it when the light changes.