News: LCSO Announces Most Dangerous Intersections

(Jan. 6, 2010) - You can't get to your favorite local sports event without hitting the crowded roadways and some of them are quite dangerous as detailed by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in their annual report on crashes at intersections.

The intersections of Route 7 at Potomac View Road and Waxpool Road at Loudoun County Parkway in Sterling, Virginia top the list for the highest vehicle crash locations in Loudoun County for 2010.

Both intersections saw 75 crashes in 2010. The intersection of Route 7 and Potomac View Road was the tied for second as the highest crash location in 2009 with 73 crashes while Waxpool Road and Loudoun County Parkway was the highest crash location in Loudoun last year with 84.

The following is the annual ranking of the highest vehicle crash locations for calendar year 2010. These statistics are compiled based on Sheriff’s Office data and do not include crashes worked by the Virginia State Police or the Leesburg Police Department.

Top 10 Crashes at Intersections

Route 7/Potomac View Rd.-75

Waxpool Rd/Loudoun County Pkwy-75

Route 7/Belmont Ridge Rd.-65

Route 28/Sterling Blvd.-55

Route 28/Waxpool Rd.-54

Route 28/Old Ox Rd.-48

Route 50/Route 15-46

Route 50/Loudoun Co. Pkwy.-43

Route 7/Ashburn Village Blvd.-42

Route 7/Loudoun County Parkway-42

Every year the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Research Analyst compiles the top ten intersections in the county with the highest number of crashes. This year’s traffic related statistics include 10 fatalities in Loudoun in 2010, down from 13 reported traffic related-fatalities in 2009. There were no traffic fatalities at any of the intersections on the list of the most crash prone intersections.

See Previous Year's Numbers Below: