Inman Square is Worst Bike-Crash Site in Massachusetts

Somerville is home to two of the top-ten worst bicycle-crash sites in the state and one of the worst pedestrian-crash sites. The city was also home to two of the worst 200 car-crash sites in the state.

The worst site for bicycle crashes in the state is the area around Inman Square that straddles Somerville and Cambridge, according to the "2010 Top Crash Locations Report," which was released by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in September. The third worst bicycle-crash site in Massachusetts was the area around Porter Square, mostly in Cambridge, but partly in Somerville. What's more, Davis Square, in Somerville, was the fifth worst site for pedestrian crashes in the state, the report says. The 2010 Top Crash Locations Report looked at crash data from 2002 to 2010 to determine the worst areas for bike and pedestrian crashes.  When it comes to bike crashes, the Inman Square area, including Beacon Street and part of Washington…

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