These are the 25 most dangerous roads in Milwaukee, data shows. The county wants to fix that
These roadways, which range between 1 and 14 miles, will be subject to more than 500 potential projects to increase traffic safety countywide. The newly approved plan is a part of the county's overall Vision Zero commitment that aims to reduce reckless driving, traffic violence and fatal and serious injury crashes by 2037.
Since 2014, fatal vehicle crashes have increased at a higher rate in Milwaukee County than a majority of the country, according to a statement from Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley's office. Compared to 2010-2012, fatal and serious injury crashes in the county increased by 42% in 2020-2022.
Milwaukee County Department of Transportation officials used crash data between 2018 and 2022 to identify the 25 roads, which the county has deemed transit "corridors of concern." Here's where they are and what to know about them:
The 25 roadways of focus are mostly concentrated on the north side of the county, particularly the northwest side and north shore.
Most of the transit corridors extend between 5 and 10 miles, with the exception of 27th Street to Layton Boulevard, for which the county has designated nearly 14 miles to focus on. The corridor is the only one on the list which runs from the north to the south side of the county.
Here are the 25 transit "corridors of concern," per MCDOT:
North 60th Street (between West Brown Deer Road. and West Vilet Street)
North 76th Street (between West County Line Road and West Center Street)
North 91st - North 92nd Street (between West Brown Deer Road and West Center Street)
Good Hope Road (between North 107th Street and Noth Port Washington Road)
Mayfair Road - North Lovers Lane Road (between West Silver Spring Drive and the Interstate-94 bridge)
Silver Spring Drive (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive)
Green Bay Avenue (between West Capitol Drive and West County Line Road)
Lake Drive (North) (between East Donges Road and East Lafayette Place)
Port Washington Road (between West County Line Road and North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive)
Teutonia Avenue (between North Green Bay Road/ Interstate-43 and North 12th Street)
Capitol Drive (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive)
Fond du Lac Avenue (between North 68th Street and North 6th Street)
Hampton Avenue (between North 124th Street and North Santa Monica Boulevard)
North Avenue (between North 124th Street and North Lake Drive)
Sherman Boulevard (between West Mill Road and West Lloyd Street)
27th Street - Layton Boulevard (between West Cornell Street and West Drexel Avenue; extends into south side)
South 60th Street - Hawley Road (between Washington Boulevard and Layton Avenue)
South 76th Street (between Bluemound Road and Grange Avenue)
South 92nd Street (between Bluemound Road and Layton Avenue)
South 108th Street (between I-94 bridge and Forest Home Avenue)
Miller Park Way (between West National Avenue and West Lincoln Avenue)
National Avenue (between South 124th Street and South 1st Street)
Lake Drive (South) (between Oklahoma Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue)
Layton Avenue (between South 108th Street and Lake Drive South)
Lincoln Avenue (between South 124th Street and South Bay Street)
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Of the 25 roadways, three appear particularly prone to traffic accidents: 27th Street to Layton Boulevard, Fond du Lac Avenue and Capitol Drive logged the highest numbers of serious and fatal vehicle crashes between 2018 and 2022.
Layton Boulevard, by far, saw the highest number of both serious injury and fatal vehicle crashes in that period — though this 13.8 mile-corridor is also longest on the list by several miles. Miller Park Way, meanwhile, is the shortest on the list at 1.3 miles but still logged 10 serious injury crashes.
Toggle through the chart below to see the number of fatal and serious injury crashes per roadway:
Transit corridor
Number of fatal crashes (2018-2022)
27th Street - Layton Boulevard
26
Fond du Lac Avenue
18
Capitol Drive
15
Sherman Boulevard
13
Silver Spring Drive
12
Transit corridor
Number of serious injury crashes (2018-2022)
27th Street - Layton Boulevard
101
Fond du Lac Avenue
73
Capitol Drive
69
North Avenue
63
Teutonia Avenue
57
For more information on the transit corridors, check out the county's detailed profiles of the roadways, including most common types of crashes, accident locations and top risk factors.
Vanessa Swales contributed to this report.
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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What are the most dangerous roads in Milwaukee?
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