Update: Owing to weather conditions, work at this intersection has been delayed until June 23, DelDOT says.

HARRINGTON — T.J. Yadav was outside his shop when he felt it hit him in the face. He looked up to see a car had careened from the adjacent intersection into his parking lot, its headlight shattering against the store’s door — sending shards everywhere.

That crash happened at the intersection of Milford-Harrington Highway and Deep Grass Lane/Killens Pond Road six months ago, said Mr. Yadav, owner of Summit Auto, which sits at the corner of the two roads in Harrington. The speed limit for both is 50 miles per hour. The intersection currently has stop signs for vehicles heading north and south — but none for those whipping by east or west along the highway.

Another incident happened just Saturday. A collision involving four vehicles, which left multiple people injured, according to the Harrington Fire Company. Mr. Yardsav said he witnessed that as well. He estimated he’s personally witnessed at least 16 accidents, many of them captured by a security camera.

“I can put a 20-minute video together and put it on YouTube. That’s how bad it is,” Mr. Yardav said.

The Delaware Department of Transportation has noticed. There were 43 crashes at the intersection between 2016 and 2021, said DelDOT spokesman C.R. McLeod, citing a department analysis. Mr. McLeod said the analysis suggested that the intersection’s problems were due to a “misassessment of speed” of cars on the highway on the part of people attempting to cross or turn onto the road.

Starting Thursday, work will begin on converting the intersection into a four-way stop, Mr. McLeod said. Additional signs and lettering on the road will warn of the new stop signs, he added.

Mr. Yadav would have liked to see a traffic light rather than more stop signs, which he reckons will slow cars moving down the busy thoroughfare. But he’s happy there will finally be a change.

“As long as [the new stop signs] stop people from getting hurt, that’s all I care about,” he said.