Note: General information on the Top 20 intersections, with criteria, list, and map, is available in post 1.
I am looking more closely at the Top 20 intersections identified in the City of Sacramento Vision Zero Action Plan Update. Intersection 6 is Northgate Blvd & W El Camino Ave. Note that I have skipped intersection 3, Truxel & Arena, because it is unclear why this was included on the Top 20.
Design
Northgate Blvd is five lanes (two through, one left turn, two opposite). Bike lanes are present but advisory approaching the intersection, with no green paint or protection.
W El Camino Avenue to the west is five lanes (two through, one left turn, two opposite). Bike lane eastbound is advisory approaching the intersection, with no green paint or protection. Westbound, the bike lane is absent for some distance. W El Camino Avenue to the east flares at the intersection to five lanes (two through, one left turn, two opposite). Bike lanes are not present.
Crosswalks are present on all four legs, but are not well maintained, and are low-visibility parallel lines.
Northgate Blvd posted speed limit is 40 mph. W El Camino Ave posted speed limit is 35 mph to the west and 30 mph to the east.
Crashes
In the 2015 to 2024 period (which is used in the Vision Zero Action Plan Update), there were four severe injuries at this intersection and one fatality, two with motor vehicle, one with bicyclist and two with pedestrian including the fatality are mapped below (pdf). One dot contains two crashes. The fatality is 7/12/2020 (13291) below. Please note that the exact crash locations may not be accurate, as police reports often do not correctly locate crashes. Also note that ‘pedestrian violation’ entry may be false, as police often blame crashes on the person walking when actual responsibility is not clear, or the pedestrian is dead and can’t counter the driver story.
The orange dots are severe injuries (one contains three crashes); the red dots are fatal (none). Together, these are know as KSI = killed or severe injury. ‘Other visible injury’ and ‘complaint of pain’ crashes are not shown on my map, since these are not the focus of Vision Zero, however, there are quite a number of these at this intersection, particularly on Cosumnes River Blvd, which you may view in the Crash Dashboard Interactive Map.
The crash details, available in the Vision Zero Crash Dashboard Interactive Map, are below.
