04/16/2026
If you drive in Collin County long enough, you develop a short list of intersections you avoid whenever you can. Maybe it’s the light that always seems to catch you at rush hour, or the left turn where somebody almost clips you every other week. That instinct is not paranoia. It’s pattern recognition, and the crash data usually backs it up.
Plano, McKinney, Allen, and Richardson have all grown faster than their road networks. Frontage roads that were sleepy a decade ago now carry traffic from thousands of new rooftops, two dozen new office campuses, and a steady stream of drivers cutting across town to beat construction. The result is predictable. A handful of intersections in each city show up on crash reports over and over again, and the injuries can be brutal when they happen.
Below is a practical look at the corner-by-corner trouble spots in each city, why they stay dangerous, and what to do if you’re ever the one calling a tow truck from one of them.
For more information about the most dangerous intersections, read our most recent blog:
A local breakdown of the most dangerous intersections in Plano, McKinney, Allen, and Richardson, plus what to do if you're hurt in a crash at one.
