Clearer views, safer turns: Durham Region enhances intersection safety

Durham Region is making intersections safer with Positive Offset Left Turns (POLTs). POLTs move the left-turn lanes farther to the left, so drivers trying to turn left can see oncoming traffic better and avoid blocking each other’s view. By providing drivers making a left turn at an intersection with a clearer view of oncoming traffic, POLTs make it easier for drivers to judge safe gaps for turning and reduces the risk of a collision.

Collisions caused by turning movements are the most common types of collisions at intersections in the Region—representing approximately one-third of all fatal and injury collisions at intersections.

To learn more about POLTs, visit durham.ca/POLT.

Durham Region is working to create safer roads for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists through the Durham Vision Zero Strategic Road Safety Action Plan. To learn more about Durham Vision Zero, visit durham.ca/VisionZero.