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Downtown-area intersection targeted by SRPD

Sunday, at 2:52 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections — Third Street at Morgan Street, which last year was tied for seventh worst with seven collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one… Read More »

Santa Rosa Plaza intersection gets extra police attention

Saturday, at 9:03 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections — Fifth Street at Morgan Street, adjacent to Santa Rosa Plaza, which last year was tied for seventh worst with seven collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each… Read More »

Police target Santa Rosa’s 4th worst collision intersection

Saturday, at 2:21 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections — Morgan Street at College Avenue, which last year was fourth worst with 10 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of the… Read More »

SRPD watching intersection near Santa Rosa Plaza

Friday, at 6:28 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s seventh most dangerous intersections — Third Street at Morgan Street, which last year had 7 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of the city’s top… Read More »

SRPD targets collision-prone intersection

Sunday, at 8:06 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor one of the city’s seventh most dangerous intersections — Fifth Street at Morgan Street, which last year had 7 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. Each week, the officers pick one of the city’s top… Read More »

SRPD targets mid-town intersection

Friday, at 9:11 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers this coming week will monitor the city’s fourth most dangerous intersection — Morgan Street at College Avenue, which last year had 10 collisions. As part of a weekly, Monday through Sunday, special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cellphones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions, CLICK HERE. ————- Follow the Road Warrior… Read More »

Santa Rosa’s 25 most dangerous intersections

Monday, at 9:00 by

Here are Santa Rosa’s most dangerous intersections, based on the number of collisions at each in 2011 as reported by the Santa Rosa Police Department. Each week during the year, Santa Rosa motorcycle officers typically spend part of their day at one of these intersections, looking for traffic violators, with the idea of trying to make them safer. No. 1 Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, with 18 collisions in 2011. In 2010, this intersection ranked second with 17 collisions. To… Read More »

SRPD looking for violators at dangerous intersection

Sunday, at 9:11 by

Santa Rosa traffic police officers this Monday through Sunday are scheduled to monitor one of the city’s ninth most dangerous intersections — Morgan Street at College Avenue, which last year was tied with seven traffic collisions. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions,… Read More »

Santa Rosa intersection targeted by police

Sunday, at 6:00 by

Santa Rosa motorcycle police officers will be keeping an eye out Monday through next Sunday for traffic violators at Morgan Street at College Avenue, which was tied for the ninth-highest number of collisions last year with seven. As part of a special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers not wearing seat belts, who are illegally using cell phones, are speeding, running red lights or committing lane violations. To read about the city’s other top intersections for collisions,… Read More »

Santa Rosa intersections with most collisions

Tuesday, at 6:08 by

Here are 24 intersections in Santa Rosa where you want to be particularly careful because, for one reason or the other, they had the most collisions last year: No. 1: Sebastopol Road at Stony Point Road, with 20 collisions in 2010 compared to 19 in 2009. It ranked No. 1 for the second straight year. To read more about this intersection, CLICK HERE. No. 2: Highway 12 at Mission Boulevard, with 17 collisions vs. 16 last year, and again was… Read More »