Monday marked the beginning of an anticipated influx of accidents involving teen drivers in North Texas. That’s according to a study by Allstate Insurance, finding that most car accidents involving teens happen between now and Labor Day.
We can infer that it’s probably because more teenagers are on the road more often since school is out for the summer. More family vacations, etc. No one can identify exactly why, but it’s probably alarmist and unnecessary to refer to it as the “100 deadliest days” as other media have.
But the study also found that the most dangerous road for teens to drive on in North Texas is, yes, our lovely LBJ Freeway. Over five years, there were 1,489 crashes. I-35 had 1,162 and 75 in Collin County came in third with 943.
We can perhaps attribute LBJ’s danger factor to the congestion, which will hopefully be alleviated in the next five years after the LBJ Express is complete.
By the way, lane closures this week include the eastbound frontage lane between Hillcrest and Park Central and westbound frontage road from Coit to Montfort among several other busy exits.
