Orange intersections ranked by reported crashes
38 confirmed surface-street junctions in Orange, Orange County, carrying 675 reported crashes between them in 2023, 2024 and 2025. 44 junctions were attempted here and 38 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 | Katella Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 44 | 38 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Meats Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 34 | 32 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Chapman Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 33 | 30 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Chapman Ave & Prospect St | Orange | 32 | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Glassell St & Katella Ave | Orange | 31 | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Lincoln Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 27 | 25 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Collins Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 26 | 27 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Chapman Ave & Hewes St | Orange | 26 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Chapman Ave & Main St | Orange | 24 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Chapman Ave & Lewis St | Orange | 23 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Katella Ave & Main St | Orange | 20 | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Chapman Ave & Yorba St | Orange | 20 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Chapman Ave & The City Dr | Orange | 20 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | La Veta Ave & Main St | Orange | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Handy St & Katella Ave | Orange | 17 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Glassell St & Lincoln Ave | Orange | 17 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Cannon St & Santiago Canyon Rd | Orange | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Heim Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Glassell St & Taft Ave | Orange | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Cambridge St & Taft Ave | Orange | 13 | 16 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 21 | Chapman Ave & Esplanade St | Orange | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Batavia St & Chapman Ave | Orange | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Main St & Maple Ave | Orange | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Collins Ave & Handy St | Orange | 13 | 7 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 25 | La Veta Ave & Pepper St | Orange | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Parker St & Town And Country Rd | Orange | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Chapman Ave & Manchester Ave | Orange | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Palm Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Chapman Ave & Glassell St | Orange | 11 | 4 | 1 | none reported yet |
| 30 | Tustin St & Walnut Ave | Orange | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Main St & Taft Ave | Orange | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Taft Ave (s) & Tustin St | Orange | 11 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Glassell St & Riverdale Ave | Orange | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Chapman Ave & Swidler Pl | Orange | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Palmyra Ave & Tustin St | Orange | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Cambridge St & Chapman Ave | Orange | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Collins Ave & Lemon St | Orange | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Katella Ave & Wanda Rd | Orange | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
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: Orange has filed 1,042 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 1,151 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.