Traffic Collisions in Orange County

2014 – 2025
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
157,402
Collisions
2,384
People killed
221,726
People injured
35%
On state highways

Between 2014 and 2025, 157,402 collisions were reported to the CHP in Orange County. They killed 2,384 people and injured 221,726. Annual collisions have fallen 16% since 2014. The single most common time for a crash here is 5 PM on a Thursday.

Collisions by year

2014 13,901
2015 14,899
2016 16,054
2017 15,370
2018 13,968
2019 12,394
2020 9,015
2021 12,202
2022 12,603
2023 12,679
2024 12,708
2025 11,609

When crashes happen

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Sunday 21,536
Monday 23,391
Tuesday 23,913
Wednesday 24,080
Thursday 25,494
Friday 21,528
Saturday 17,460

Roads With the Most Collisions

Freeways

  1. I-512,803
  2. SR-917,831
  3. I-4056,995
  4. SR-554,691
  5. SR-573,978
  6. SR-223,857
  7. SR-12,652
  8. SR-392,100

City Streets

  1. Harbor Blvd3,077
  2. Beach Blvd2,029
  3. Euclid St1,845
  4. Chapman Ave1,722
  5. Main St1,448
  6. Brookhurst St1,432
  7. Bristol St1,332
  8. 1st St1,292

Intersections With the Most Collisions

Involving a freeway

  1. I-405 & Seal Beach Blvd780
  2. Imperial Highway & SR-91702
  3. Lakeview Ave & SR-91602
  4. Macarthur Blvd & SR-55560
  5. I-5 & Main St537
  6. El Toro Rd & I-5496
  7. Culver Dr & I-5463
  8. Crown Valley Pkwy & I-5450

City streets only

  1. Chapman Ave & Harbor Blvd146
  2. Lemon St & Orangethorpe Ave130
  3. 1st St & Harbor Blvd127
  4. Beach Blvd & Garden Grove Blvd120
  5. Harbor Blvd & Orangethorpe Ave118
  6. 1st St & Fairview St110
  7. Euclid St & Orangethorpe Ave110
  8. Ball Rd & Brookhurst St101

Driving in Orange County?

Compare your route against every one of these 157,402 collisions and take the one with the fewest.

Plan a safer route

Source: California Highway Patrol Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), via the Transportation Injury Mapping System at UC Berkeley. Figures cover collisions reported to the CHP; minor crashes that were never reported do not appear. Road and intersection names are as recorded by the reporting officer.