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

Surprise's table in the Metro Phoenix Dangerous Intersections Study — the two-year ADOT-data analysis published by our sister outlet AZ Crash Data — carries a pattern none of the other eleven profiled cities shows. Here are the city's ten highest-crash intersections for 2023-2024, exactly as the study ranks them.

Surprise

| Rank | Intersection | Crashes | People injured | Deaths | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Bell Rd & Litchfield Rd | 67 | 24 | 1 | | 2 | Greenway Rd & Reems Rd | 52 | 37 | 0 | | 3 | Bell Rd & Reems Rd | 45 | 22 | 0 | | 4 | Greenway Rd & Litchfield Rd | 43 | 13 | 0 | | 5 | Sarival Ave & Waddell Rd | 42 | 20 | 1 | | 6 | Bell Rd & Dysart Rd | 39 | 22 | 1 | | 7 | Litchfield Rd & Waddell Rd | 39 | 10 | 1 | | 8 | Reems Rd & Waddell Rd | 38 | 20 | 0 | | 9 | Bell Rd & Cotton Ln | 34 | 16 | 0 | | 10 | Bell Rd & R H Johnson Blvd | 31 | 14 | 1 |

What stands out in the Surprise data

• Five deaths spread across five different intersections — no other city table we've profiled from the study scatters its fatalities this widely. Where most cities concentrate deaths at one or two crossings, Surprise recorded one each at Bell & Litchfield, Sarival & Waddell, Bell & Dysart, Litchfield & Waddell, and Bell & R H Johnson.
• Bell Road appears five times — at Litchfield, Reems, Dysart, Cotton, and R H Johnson — including the city's #1 crossing and two of the five deaths. The city's main commercial spine carries half its top ten.
• Greenway & Reems is the injury standout: second by crashes but first in people injured (37), well ahead of the #1 crossing (24).

Reading this as a driver

The Surprise data argues for consistent caution across the whole arterial grid rather than at one or two notorious spots — the fatalities didn't cluster. The no-cost habits apply everywhere here: generous gaps on unprotected lefts, a beat after the green, and particular care along the Bell Road commercial stretch where the crash counts concentrate.

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.