Nashville's Most Dangerous Intersection: New Sign May Lower Risk

ANTIOCH, TN — It's a blind hill with a rock wall and a canopy of trees that overhang the hill-hugging sweep of a forested thoroughfare where Mt. View Road and Hickory Hollow Parkway intersect in Antioch. It's also Davidson County's most dangerous intersection according to a study by LRW Law Firm.

But things might be getting better at the T that had the highest crash rate and highest injury rate — nearly double any other intersection in town — according to 2015 figures from the Tennessee Department of Transportation studied by LRW.

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There were 28 accidents at the intersection in 2015. That doesn't sound like a lot, but the average daily traffic volume at Mt. View and Hickory Hollow is just a shade under 6,800 cars per day. The crash rate there was 113 per 10 million, according to the study. The injury-crash rate there was slightly more than 60 per 10 million, nearly double the second ranked intersection on the list.

There is now a warning sign, alerting drivers on the downhill curve on Hickory Hollow that a side street is up ahead and urging them to slow to 15 mph.

“I think it makes this a lot safer because anytime you’re telling a driver there’s a danger ahead they can make the right decision on whether to slow down or be more alert,” LRW's Jonathan Williams told WKRN. He said his firm might do another study after some time elapses to see if the sign makes any difference.

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