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Increase in Non-Intersection Angle Crashes

Clarksville Police DepartmentClarksville, TN – The Clarksville Police Department wants to give drivers a word of caution about angle crash (commonly referred to as T-bone) accidents which are occurring when drivers are trying to enter a multi-lane roadway (e.g. Wilma Rudolph Blvd) from a side street or business when traffic is heavy and backed up.

The drivers on the main roadway have the right of way, but will sometimes stop to allow vehicles from a side streets or business  to enter onto the main roadway. The problem comes in when not all lanes of traffic stop and the entering vehicle pulls in front of oncoming traffic and a crash occurs. The person that entered the roadway is usually at fault for failing to yield.

There have been over 100 angle crashes so far the month of December.

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