What Road in Dundalk Needs a Speed Bump?

Dundalk, MD- Over 9,000 fatalities occurred nationally during 2014 due to speeding according to the latest statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The data also shows a correlation between a driver’s age and the likelihood of a speed-related accident. As the age of a driver increases, their risk of being in an accident decreases. Men are also more likely to be at the wheel during a speeding accident, according to the study.

While the number of speed-related fatalities have continually decreased since 2005, speeding still remains an issue in many of our Patch communities, including Dundalk. Readers suggested everything from increased police presence to more stop signs to building less housing to keep traffic at bay.

If you’re frustrated with speeders in a certain part of Dundalk, you are in good company. We reached out to readers on Facebook, asking which local road they thought needed a speed bump. Here’s what your neighbors told us:

• "Yorkway needs more then one."
• "7800 block of Kavanagh. The only block of Kavanagh with the most car accidents and no speed bumps!"
• "Leroy Yegge Snyder Ave. between Holabird and Railway it is like a drag race. There have already been lives lost on Snyder because of speed."
• "48th street off of German Hill Road could use a few!! People cut through to get to/from Eastern Ave and fly up and down this street all day.'[
• "Woodwell between Trappe and German Hill. People use this as a speedway."
• "Park Haven Rd. We have a park across the street where children play everyday several children over the years have been hit on this road because people simply will not slow down."
• "We have them on N. Boundary but they aren't really speed bumps, they are like little humps and no one slows down. What the road need is is the lines painted to keep drivers on their own sides."
• "Wallace Road can use a couple of them."
• "Lynch Road! They have them on Kavanagh but Lynch is worse. We can't even park in front of our houses because our cars get hit all the time."
• "Another one on Kimberly Rd. Too many neighbors cars are getting totaled."
• "Yorkway. Cars are always speeding on this street."
• "New Battle Grove Road in North Point Village. The entrance to the park is on a curve, children crossing the street cannot be seen and cars and trucks fly down this street! Do it for the safety of the children please."

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