Note: General information on the Top 20 intersections, with criteria, list, and map, is available in post 1. Other posts on Top 20 intersections are available at Tag: Top 20 Intersections.

I am looking more closely at the Top 20 intersections identified in the City of Sacramento Vision Zero Action Plan Update. Intersection 12 is 16th Street & J Street.

Design

Lanes: 16th Street is three lanes one way northbound, with no dedicated left turn lane. J Street is 4 lanes eastbound, with two through lanes, a through/left turn, and a left turn. Lane count is 19.

Medians: No concrete medians are present.

Crosswalks: Crosswalks are present on all intersection legs, however, they are low-visibility parallel lines.

Bicycle Facilities: Neither roadway has bicycle facilities at this intersection.

Speed: 16th Street has a posted speed limit of 30 mph. J Street has a posted speed limit of 30 mph.

The city no longer has a database or map of speed limits, so it is often necessary to look in Google Maps Street View for speed limit signs. The county (and SACOG) have a database, but it does not include the City of Sacramento roadways.

Transit: The intersection area is served by SacRT route 30 J St.

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, one with pedestrians and three with motor vehicles. These are mapped below (pdf).

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 several of these along J Steet, which you may view in the Crash Dashboard Interactive Map.

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 crash details, available in the Vision Zero Crash Dashboard Interactive Map, are below.