Lytx Identifies Top 10 Roads for Cell Phone Use

Lytx data analysts name the riskiest roads in California, Illinois, Florida, New York, and Texas–the country’s most populous states

Lytx^® provider of video telematics, analytics, productivity and safety solutions for commercial and public sector fleets, today shared data revealing the top 10 stretches of road where Lytx observed the most driver cell phone use, as well as the riskiest roads in the country’s five most populous states.

Lytx identified areas of Long Beach, Calif.; New York City; and Berkeley, Ill. to be the riskiest of the top five populous states, while Memphis, Tenn. and Los Angeles contain the roads with highest observed cell phone use. Across the U.S., Lytx captured 1,353,837 instances of cell phone use in 2018.

On average, drivers who use handheld cell phones while driving are around 50 percent more likely to get into a collision within 90 days than drivers who do not.

“Commercial drivers face some of the toughest, most hazardous working conditions of any profession. Their routes are constantly being disrupted by construction, weather and traffic, and they share the road with people who aren’t professional drivers,” said Lytx Chairman and CEO Brandon Nixon. “The quantity and quality of our data—we capture 50 billion unique driving data points every day—means we’re uniquely able to understand the complexities commercial drivers face. We glean insights from the data that help our clients zero in on the biggest sources of risk, understand root causes, make better decisions faster, and ultimately, help prevent collisions and make commercial driving safer.”

Nixon continued, “Our data shows a steady decline in risky driving instances, but these findings highlight the fact that while the transportation community has made great strides in boosting safety on the country’s roadways, fleets and individual drivers need to remain ever vigilant.”

Top 10 Roads in the U.S. for Lytx-Observed Cell Phone Use

The below half square-mile road segments had the highest volume of observed cell phone use behind the wheel in all of 2018, based on Lytx client data from around the country. 

Rank	Area	Location
1	Memphis, Tenn.	Compress Drive and S Lauderdale St.
2	Los Angeles	Ferry St. and CA-47
3	Irving, Texas	TX-482-SPUR W near Century Center Blvd.
4	Memphis, Tenn.	E Homes Rd. and Lamar Ave.
5	Port of Los Angeles, Calif.	Navy Way near Pier 400 Cafe
6	Edison, N.J.	Riverside Dr. and Parkway Place Exit
7	Hutchins, Texas	I-45 and East Cleveland Rd.
8	Port of Long Beach, Calif.	Terminal Island Freeway and W Ocean Blvd.
9	Las Vegas	South Las Vegas Blvd. and Buccaneer Blvd.
10	Bloomington, Calif.	Cactus Ave. and Katydid Ave.

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