Stow Roads Place on Regional Crash List

AMATS, otherwise known as the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study, collected crash statistics from 2010-2012 to identify the most accident-prone streets within highly traveled sections of Summit and other Northeast Ohio counties.

A total 123 streets made the cut, and Graham Road ranked highest among Stow roads on the list.

The section of Graham Road from Hudson Drive to the western boundary line with the Village of Silver Lake ranked 17th with 68 total crashes during the two-year period.

A section of East Steels Corners Road ranked 42 with 55 total crashes.

Various stats are used to calculate the ranking — including average daily traffic, the severity of the accidents, the length of road and so on, meaning total crashes are just one of many factors to determine overall rankings.

Akron's Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, from West Market to North Broadway Street, took the no. 1 slot due, in part, to the severity of its 41 crashes.

The AMATS study is intended to draw attention toward potentially unsafe roadways likely in need of redesign, and the study may be used by a community as a first step in the process of applying for federal Highway Safety Program funding.

Sections of Stow’s road ways made the list seven more times.

For the complete study, click here.