Bakersfield intersections ranked by reported crashes
45 confirmed surface-street junctions in Bakersfield, Kern County, carrying 996 reported crashes between them in 2023, 2024 and 2025. 50 junctions were attempted here and 45 could be confirmed by two independent sources; the rest were dropped rather than guessed at.
This is a count of reported crashes, not a measure of risk. It is not adjusted for traffic volume, and a difference of two or three crashes between neighbouring rows is within ordinary year-to-year variation rather than a real gap. It says nothing about fault or about any individual claim.
| # | Junction | County | Crashes | Injured | Killed | 2026 so far part year, not ranked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4TH St & Union Av | Kern | 40 | 35 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Oak St & Truxtun Av | Kern | 37 | 28 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Ming Av & Wible Rd | Kern | 34 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | California Av & Union Av | Kern | 33 | 31 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | White Ln & Wible Rd | Kern | 33 | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Panama Ln & Wible Rd | Kern | 30 | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Brundage Ln & Union Av | Kern | 28 | 29 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | California Av & Oak St | Kern | 28 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | 24TH St & Oak St | Kern | 27 | 22 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Niles St & Union Av | Kern | 27 | 38 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Gosford Rd & Harris Rd | Kern | 26 | 32 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Stine Rd & White Ln | Kern | 26 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | H St & Ming Av | Kern | 24 | 20 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Ming Av & Real Rd | Kern | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Brimhall Rd & Calloway Dr | Kern | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | California Av & Chester Av | Kern | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Colony St & Panama Ln | Kern | 23 | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Ming Av & New Stine Rd | Kern | 22 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | H St & Planz Rd | Kern | 22 | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Brundage Ln & P St | Kern | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | 34TH St & Q St | Kern | 20 | 24 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | Panama Ln & Stine Rd | Kern | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Chester Av & Truxtun Av | Kern | 20 | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | California Av & Chester Ln | Kern | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Hughes Ln & White Ln | Kern | 19 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Ashe Rd & Ming Av | Kern | 19 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Ming Av & Stine Rd | Kern | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | California Av & H St | Kern | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Old River Rd & White Ln | Kern | 18 | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Panama Ln & Union Av | Kern | 18 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 23RD St & L St | Kern | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 |
| 32 | Knudsen Drive & Olive Dr | Kern | 18 | 9 | 1 | none reported yet |
| 33 | Golden State Av & Q St | Kern | 18 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | H St & Panama Ln | Kern | 18 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Akers Rd & White Ln | Kern | 17 | 19 | 1 | 7 |
| 36 | Ashe Rd & White Ln | Kern | 17 | 24 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Planz Rd & Stine Rd | Kern | 17 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | 24TH St & Chester Av | Kern | 17 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 | Brundage Ln & H St | Kern | 17 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | District Bl & Gosford Rd | Kern | 16 | 19 | 1 | 6 |
| 41 | El Potrero Ln & White Ln | Kern | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | Coffee Rd & Truxtun Av | Kern | 16 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 43 | H St & Wilson Rd | Kern | 16 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 44 | Brundage Ln & Oswell St | Kern | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 45 | Brundage Ln & Liggett St | Kern | 15 | 25 | 0 | 5 |
This ranking covers 2023–2025. The 2026 figures are separate. They run from January to August 2026 — every whole month the state has published so far — and they are not part of the ranking or of any total above. Police agencies file at different speeds, so putting a part-reported year in a ranking would order agencies by how fast they file rather than roads by how often they are hit.
Recent months are still filling in, so treat them as a floor rather than a count. August 2026 held about 48% of what that month averaged across 2023–2025 when this data was compiled, so its real total will be higher. September 2026 is left out entirely: the state's file stops on 2026-09-01, so that month holds 15 records — a part of a month rather than a month that is late being filed.
Reporting runs at different speeds from one police department to the next, so this matters more than the statewide figure: Bakersfield has filed 1,865 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 2,044 predicted by the same 2023–2025 crash rate — roughly 91%. So "none reported yet" in the 2026 column means no report has arrived for that junction, which is not the same as no crash happening there.
Sources: California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), California Highway Patrol; locations from the US Census Geocoder, each confirmed by a second independent source to within 50 metres. Method and limitations: methodology.