He said that although the intersection had its challenges, the problem was people running red lights, especially those turning right into Penrose Rd, and speeding.
"It's unbelievable what people do, it's scary. The police are picking up tickets all the time."
He wanted higher penalties and red light cameras at the intersection.
"People are not afraid to go through a red light. But going through a red light causes deaths."
Auckland Transport spokesman Mark Hannan said road markings had been changed and new signs and traffic islands installed but there were no plans for a red light camera.
Acting Auckland road policing manager, Sergeant Matt Rogers, said the intersection was not among the 10 in Auckland included in a two-week campaign on intersection safety last month.
Those 10 had the highest number of crashes in the past five years. But the message to drivers remained the same - take care at intersections.
"Every motorist has to be responsible for not running through red lights. You're just taking a risk that doesn't need to be taken."
The figures showed the worst intersection in the country for serious injury crashes was Stuart St and York Pl in Dunedin, where seven people were badly hurt in two crashes, and Christchurch intersections proved the most deadly.
Six people died in two crashes at garden city intersections - Estuary Rd and Cradock St, and Slip Rd and Moorhouse Ave - between 2009 and 2011. The worst Auckland intersection was Church St and Onehunga Mall, where two people were killed in a crash in 2010.
Inspector Doug Parker, acting road policing manager for Canterbury, said police were targeting high risk areas and crash rates had dropped in the last year.
