0.15.17 freezes within 1 min of gameplay. Saved game loads fine. All 0.15 versions worked without freezes whatsoever.

/var/log/system.log (mac os x Sierra) reports:

Jun 1 16:13:33 Studio-Tijdgat factorio[54460]: factorio(54460,0x700001a85000) malloc: *** error for object 0x1adad9200: incorrect ...