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(New York, NY) — Long Island has a lot of traffic and some intersections are more dangerous than others. Newsday looked at traffic data from Nassau and Suffolk Counties from 2014 through 2023 and found the most dangerous intersections on Long Island. They include: Old Country Road and Broadway in Hicksville; Vets Highway and Old Nichols Road in Islandia; Nicolls Road and State Route 347 in Stony Brook; North Franklin and Jackson streets in Hempstead Village; and Straight Path and Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst.
Peter Gill, a Newsday traffic reporter, said use of drugs, alcohol, speeding and distractive driving (or using your cell phone while behind the wheel,) are the leading causes of accidents. Meantime, according to officials the State Department of Transportation has made, or is planning to implement, safety upgrades at these five intersections.