They are all dangerous when drivers don't know enough to stop at red lights. I've got so I wait a few seconds after the light turns green before I do anything because I don't trust the other drivers to stop.

Shadow,
I think that the Milwaukee/Randall intersection is one of the worst planned ones in the city, though! I've got it figured out so that if I do approach it on Milwaukee, I know if I should turn beforehand or not. Regardless, it's still a pain in the butt, and a total waste of time. Just yesterday I pulled up to it, the Westbound and Eastbound traffic had red lights, but there were no cars waiting on the Eastbound side. The Westbound ended up getting a green. The light works: Eastbound, then Westbound, then Randall. Since it skipped the Eastbound's light, I had to wait for Westbound to finish, then Randall, then it looped back to the Eastbound. All because I was a second too late...

Who knows, though, I never drove before it was that way. I bet they had good reason... it just seems nonsensical to me, though. Just like that four-way stop at Randall and Memorial.

nvGrf I suppose the fact that you have no brain is also Obamas fault

More of a pain than a danger, the Milton Ave./Memorial Dr. intersection might work better with the one direction at a time signal system (like Randall/Milwaukee intersection). It is near impossible to turn left from Milton onto Memorial and not go through a yellow light.

Kennedy Road and HWY14

Wuthering Hills and Milwaukee St

There is nothing in these statistics to show how many crashes per vehicles using the intersection, so it's impossible to determine which one is the most dangerous. Milton/Kettering may well be one of the busiest intersections in the city and as such even this many crashes may mean it's safer than average.

After years of study,delay, and frontage roads required by Wal Mart in building at the 'new, location what has been accomplished is the most dangerous intersection in town. WOW!
I recall at the time that a D grade intersection was one that traffic had to wait more than 30 -35 seconds. Much hanky wringing was done over this point.
Go south on Jackson Street to the intersection of Jackson and Milwaukee. If you catch the light just turning red, it will be red for 45 seconds. What grade is that?

Main Street and Racine Street

I agree that the frontage road on Hwy 26 causes a lot of confusion. No one waits their turn and cars block the frontage road.

My neighborhood (the subdivision near the intersection of Milwuakee and Hwy 14) has many crossroads, none of which have yield or stop signs. If you're unfamiliar with the area, you don't know the cross-traffic does not have to stop for you. I have noticed, though, that if there is an accident at a specific intersection, the city is quick to put up a yield sign. I guess it saves money? Only put up a sign if you to!

Milwaukee and Wuthering Hills.

Any of the ramps off the I90 exits are a hazard people don't yield they just come flying off and hopefully your not in the way, I was rear ended one day someone came off the ramp and just kept coming over to the far lane and then we were hit. We couldn't move cause we were at the light hate the area around Deerfield mall.

I think 14 and Kennedy is a pretty bad intersection because of people blowing the red lights there. My family and I go through there twice daily and would have been creamed by a semi early one morning had we been literally 5 seconds sooner. It was very scary and we never take for granted that anyone is going to stop when their light is red.

The worst one by far is the is the southbound I-90 on ramp at 14. Why does someone have to die before they put a flashing red light on top of the yield sign. Doesnt anyone see that yield sign?? Ouisch thinks that it is backwards?? Come on! Have you ever heard of yielding to the right??? I agree that they need to mow that area so that you can see better, but that intersection is just fine if you pay attention to the big YIELD sign.

I have tried over the last 20 or so years to make it through Janesville without turning left as much as possible. Most of the accidents I see involve a left-turning car somehow. Weird you say? Watch and see.
The left-turn lanes on Milton Ave need to have their arrow times extended, as well as on Hwy 14. Anyone turning left off of Mineral Point onto Crosby (or vice versa)before and after school should rethink their route.
Milton Ave to Kettering is just a huge FAIL on the planner's side. To go across two lanes to turn right onto Kettering WHILE people are coming off of I-90...who thought this one up??

any uncontrolled intersection is the most dangerous
I agree with this statement. Look @ Elizabeth and Chatham. No stop sign or yeild sign. So many near misses @ this intersection. Cant let kids play in front yard. Afraid a car will end up in our living room one of these days. A couple of years ago we almost did have a car there!

One thing, if you are at the point of no return I can see how you need to get through the yellow light if you are in the middle of the intersection. You have the right to make it through safely if you CANNOT stop. Its the people who purposely see the light is about to turn red and punch it that are dangerous! Plus at Holiday and Milton you dont know who is going straight and who is turning some of the time so if you go to make a left hand turn you chance getting side swiped! Most people dont know what turn signals are!! Dont forget how people like to tailgate up your butt when you already are doing the speed limit or 5 above. That urks me to the core.

Milwaukee and Wuthering Hills Drive

MILWAUKEE STREET AND WUTHERING HILLS DRIVE <<---- I second that

South Fremont from E. Milwaukee down to Racine(craig area)..do you see how backed up the intersections get? Not to mention the kids flying down the street @ 50mph on their lunches!

MILWAUKEE STREET AND WUTHERING HILLS DRIVE

There are no really bad intersections, it is just a whole lot of inpatient and lousy drivers

All of the mentioned intersections are cause for alarm but I feel it has more to do with people doing the speed limit and stopping for RED lights as well as stopping for lights that have tured YELLOW before you enter the intersection!
Yellow does not mean speed up and go for it! it means caution slow down the light is turning red!
I think we should place an officer at each of the above mentioned intersections and TICKET ANYBODY who is still in the intersection when the light turns red! Anyone caught speeding up to run a yellow should get a warning and a stern lecture on traffic safety and after 2 yellow tickets you MUST attend traffic school before you can drive again!
If you are entering the intersection and the light is turning yellow then there is plenty of time to make it out of the intersection before the light turns red if not then you should not have entered teh intersection to begin with!
Lets get simple and just enforce the traffic laws we have now!

The worst is the highway on-ramp by the old Menards due to a goofy yield sign.
People taking a left to get on I-90 east from Humes don't know to yield.
Sooo many times I see a long train of people just flying on by when for some unknown reason they have the yield sign applying to those coming from the left instead of to the people on the right, which is understandable why no one pays attention because that's just backwards from how it should be. It still makes me pissy every time I have to yield when the people coming from that left signal are the ones with a yield sign. Oh and thanks for finally mowing the grass this summer because it got to a point you couldn't even see the tops of cars.

Pretty much any street off of Milwaukee st, no matter what time of day it is, people think the speed limit is 45 on Milwaukee street. And oh lets all drive the right hand lane when it turns to a one way so we can cut people off to get in the left lane. But I agree it is people a lot more then the roads.

I have been reading all the comments about which intersection is the worst and while an arguement can be made for all of them the real issue is not so much the intersection as it is the person behind the wheel who is in such a big hurry as to take chances with their life as well as others by not adhering to safe driving practices and the signs posted to govern the traffic flow. Yes I know it means at times that you must wait for a while to make your turn and get where you are going but is it worth your life or that of another just to save a few minutes of your time? And you know there is more than one way to get to most places so if an intersection is hard to get across take an altenate route. The life you save may me your own.

I nominate John Paul (county 'Y') and Highway 26, especially when coming from Milton on John Paul. The view to the left for on-coming traffic on 26 is ver dificult and deceptive.

any uncontrolled intersection is the most dangerous

eatmoremoveless - Exactly!! I personally think that 14 and Deerfield is right up there. Every time I go through that intersection (couple of times a day), people on 14 turning left to Deerfield run way after the left arrow has turned red. To my amazement, city of Janesville buses are some of the biggest offenders.

A big problem that I am seeing more and more at 26 and Kettering is the people turning left with the red arrow. Comon...why would you want to gamble that all the cross traffic is going to stop on a yellow so you can turn left with the red arrow. It is controlled for a reason and to simply ignore it to get to Walmart in the next 30 seconds is just STUPID!!

Almost all roads are bad in Janesville because drivers are careless esp in the morning around Marshall middle school so parents try to make it three lanes on pontaic they don't understand why corners are painted yellow it means no parking or stop drop and go area I deal with everyday waiting for something very bad to happen there yikes! But the most bad area I believe is the frontage area by Toys-r-us they should put up boulders and block it off no lights and no entry or exit on both sides of the roads!!!!

What about all the unmarked intersections in the city. People have forgoten the car on your right has the right away.

I agree with:
Milton Ave & Kettering
Anything in the 4th ward.
Milton Ave into Toys R Us
And I know it's not in Janesville but N and 26 is by far the worst in the state.
And, I agree that "It's all Obama's fault" :)

The worst intersections are any of those crazy frontage roads leading onto Milton Ave. Especially the ones by the strip mall across from the Janesville Mall and the one that is down by Toys R Us. I've seen some crazy moves pulled there!

Hwy 51 and hwy 14

hwy 51 and hwy 11

Center ave and Avalon road - believe it or not, the speed limit on Avalon road is 55 mph at this intersection.

biggirl,

I'm sure you have good reasons for saying 26 and N, but the title clearly states, "... in Janesville?"

Milton and Y: It's about time that we put a light in there. You can barely see the cars coming the other way, and they're going very, very fast. (How about 26 and N?)

I'm with greenst....Mt.Zion and E. Milwaukee...especially just before or after school at Marshall...Turning onto E. Milwaukee from Mt.Zion. You don't stand a chance there.

How about turning into Target from the left turn lane on 26? People don't get that the people turning have the right-a-way and you need to WAIT in you're coming out of the Target area.

North Franklin St.and Centerway (before and after conversion)

HUMES RD AND PONTIAC

hwy b and 14 bypass

The intersection by Woodman's/Toys R Us at Milton Ave is by far the WORST intersection I have ever seen in my entire life. I will go around this intersection however I can.

I completely agree with your statement eatlessmovemore!!! It is a 'pack' mentality, the are fearless since everyone else is doing it. I usually pull out (carefully)as soon as my light is green just to give those red light runners a scare!

I didn't know that the law governing 'left turn' arrows has changed. Apparently the next 3 cars after the arrow goes out can proceed through.

Why does Janesville have streets in front of streets?! WHY do people pull up SO CLOSE to your car, while at a stop light? Is that a form of anger? Wierd and childish. Grown-ups that were not DISCIPLINED as children that do this.

Humes Road and Pontiac!

NVgrf,
I totally agree! That darn socialist! The only reason these intersections are so bad are because of lobbyists and corporations, and big government spending and bailouts. I stepped outside yesterday and it was cold and rainy, and the only thing I could think was, "DARN YOU OBAMA!!!"
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Seriously though, Milton Ave. and Kettering, my friend just got hit. He had his wife and two kids in the car with him, and it was my old and first car. My friend was on Kettering Street crossing Milton ave heading SW when a Chevy Aveo came flying through a right light on Milton and nailed the front passenger quarter-panel. The driver of the Aveo (apparently) had just exited the interstate and couldn't see that cars from Kettering were crossing because of the HUGE LINES OF STOPPED CARS AT THE LIGHT ON MILTON AVE!!! So instead of stopping when he got to the front of the turn lane, he just decided to plow right through.
As far as we know, my friend and his family are all alright. Their new (old) car is completely totaled though. Their other car was in bad shape. With the economy the way it is right now... I mean, he couldn't afford that accident. In the long run, since it wasn't his fault, he should be okay. Still, for now, that's a mess of his car and finances.

Traffic around all schools from about 730 am until 4 pm. Especially the high schools and Franklin Middle School. I don't know how many times I've nearly gotten hit by someone, usually a kid, who's going in the neighborhood of 40-45 mph down Mineral Point.

It's all Obama's fault!

witchywoman said it all....I feel the police let this get out of hand by not writing tickets like they did several years ago. If you drive east on cty A going into Johnstown everyone slows down when they hit the 30 mile per hr sign, why? because the sheriff dept handed out many tickets there, you never knew when they were going to be there. It used to be 35 mph then they changed it to 30 mph. so law enforcement does work, you just have to have police willing to enforce the laws.

The three way intersection of E Milwaukee, Centerway, and Garfield. I'm amazed that there aren't more accidents there.

The way people drive today, isn't every intersection dangerous? Pay attention folks, there's a whole lot of inattentive, texting, cell phone talking, road-raging morons behind the wheel these days! ww

I do everything to avoid Mt. Zion & E. Milwaukee. Try to turn east on to Milwaukee infront of the Stop & Go. You got cars coming from the clinic in front of you. Two lanes to cross coming from the east that trafic never stops due to people turning off of Wright Rd. & the two lanes going west on Milwaukee.