The 10 Most Dangerous Intersections in Glendale, According to Two Years of ADOT Data

Glendale holds a difficult distinction in the Metro Phoenix Dangerous Intersections Study, the two-year ADOT-data analysis published by our sister outlet AZ Crash Data: the deadliest single surface intersection in the region sits inside the city. Here are Glendale's ten highest-crash intersections for 2023-2024, exactly as the study ranks them.

Glendale

| Rank | Intersection | Crashes | People injured | Deaths | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 67th Ave & Olive Ave | 76 | 52 | 0 | | 2 | Bethany Home Rd & Grand Ave | 71 | 17 | 0 | | 3 | 75th Ave & Camelback Rd | 69 | 42 | 1 | | 4 | 51st Ave & Olive Ave | 66 | 38 | 0 | | 5 | 59th Ave & Olive Ave | 60 | 21 | 0 | | 6 | 51st Ave & Camelback Rd | 56 | 41 | 0 | | 7 | 59th Ave & Northern Ave | 56 | 36 | 0 | | 8 | 67th Ave & Glendale Ave | 51 | 37 | 1 | | 9 | 83rd Ave & Bell Rd | 51 | 14 | 0 | | 10 | 59th Ave & Bethany Home Rd | 49 | 27 | 0 |

What stands out in the Glendale data

• Olive Avenue appears three times in the top ten — at 67th, 51st, and 59th Avenues — and the 67th & Olive crossing leads the city in both crashes (76) and people injured (52). When one street anchors a third of a city's list, the pattern usually says something about the corridor itself.
• The region's deadliest intersection is also Glendale's — the study separately identifies 47th Ave & Northern Ave, with three deaths over the two years, as the deadliest single surface intersection in all 23 cities analyzed. It sits just outside this crash-count top ten, a reminder that the deadliest crossings and the busiest-crashing crossings are not always the same places.
• Grand Avenue's diagonal geometry shows up at #2: Bethany Home & Grand is one of the Valley's classic multi-leg crossings, where the diagonal creates longer exposure through the intersection.

Reading this as a driver

Knowing where crashes concentrate can inform small habits that cost nothing: a generous gap before any unprotected left on Olive, extra attention at the Grand Avenue diagonals, and an extra beat on fresh greens along the 51st-to-67th Avenue grid match what the data shows.

The full regional study — top-25 regional table, deadliest crossings, and per-city tables for a dozen Valley cities — is available at AZ Crash Data.

Data: ADOT crash-level records, 2023-2024, via the AZ Crash Data intersections study. Crash records describe where collisions occurred, not who was at fault. Safe Roads AZ and AZ Crash Data are both published by Ironwood Media Group LLC.