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80 <br /> lib <br /> Efland and Hillsborough are 50-55 mph,which may not appropriately prepare drivers to enter an urban area.The high <br /> speeds could contribute to the number and severity of crashes in this area.A transition in speed limit down to 35 mph <br /> before and throughout Hillsborough could give drivers more ti to adjust to urban conditions and reduce the potential <br /> Aram, <br /> for crashes near the limits of Hillsborough and throughout the o Figure 26 shows the prominent crash locations in <br /> Hillsborough. <br /> Segment D <br /> Segment D exceeds the critical rates for night and run-off road crashes(Table 18).There are clusters of run-off road <br /> crashes near Market House Way/Glen Road and St.Mary's Road,possibl� . We to the location in a curve.There is also a <br /> �G <br /> cluster of run-road crashes near NC 86 as well as one near Lawrence Road.'' <br /> Table 18: Segment D Crash Rates <br /> Crashes Statewide Critical <br /> Rate Crashes Per Rate2 <br /> 100 MVM Rate <br /> Total 221 290.17 263.25 294.49 <br /> Fatal 1 1.31 1.32 4.14 <br /> Non-Fatal 65 85.34 73.07 89.84 <br /> Night 63 82.72 57.83 72.82 <br /> Wet 31 40.70 43.32 56.38 <br /> Run-Off Road 54 70.90 45.46 58.83 <br /> 12017-2021 statewide crash rate for 2-lane undivided urban US Routes <br /> zBased on the statewide crash rate (95%level of confidence) <br /> Gwen Road(SR 1628)/Market House Way is near a transition from rural to urban conditions as vehicles enter and exit <br /> Hillsborough.The striping along the westbound approach does not transition from a two-way left-turn lane to a left-turn <br /> lane unlike the striping along the intersection's eastbound approach and the preceding intersection's westbound <br /> approach.This may not provide westbound drivers with enough notice of the upcoming intersection.Restriping with left- <br /> turn lane is recommended for consideration.In Google Street View for July 2022,there is damage to the guardrail on <br /> along eastbound US 70 just after the intersection.This could have potentially occurred for multiple reasons including an <br /> eastbound vehicle attempting to avoid a turning vehicle which failed to yield right of way or a vehicle losing control <br /> 78 US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study Existing Conditions Report <br />