(Harrisburg, PA) PennDOT announced today that at intersection locations replaced with roundabouts, injury-involved crashes decreased by 51% and the total number of crashes decreased by 7%, as well as two fatalities at roundabouts on state routes during a twenty-year review period. During this twenty-year period, PennDOT investigated forty-seven roundabouts with at least one crash and three years of crash data seen both before and after these roundabouts were being built. Forty-six roundabouts have been constructed on state routes in addition to the ones that meet PennDOT’s selection criteria.
The eight new roundabouts included in this year’s review are at the following intersections:
Adams County:
- Route 94 and Stoney Point Road.
Cumberland County:
- Route 1011 (Lambs Gap Road) and Bali Hai Road.
- Route 2017 (Lisburn Road) and Rossmoyne Road.
Lancaster County:
- Route 772 (Rothsville Road) and 6th Street Extension.
- Route 4022 (Woodcrest Avenue) and West 6th Street.
Mercer County:
- Route 62 and Shenango Valley Mall.
Philadelphia County
- Route 2007 (Frankford Avenue), York Street and Trenton Avenue.
Washington County
- Route 1009 (Morganza Road) and Baker Road.