Palmdale intersections ranked by reported crashes
33 confirmed surface-street junctions in Palmdale, Los Angeles County, carrying 818 reported crashes between them in 2023, 2024 and 2025. 50 junctions were attempted here and 33 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 | 10TH St West & Rancho Vista Bl | Los Angeles | 87 | 53 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 47TH St East & Avenue R | Los Angeles | 50 | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Division St & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 38 | 30 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 20TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 36 | 32 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 6TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 36 | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 5TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 33 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 40TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 28 | 17 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 25TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 26 | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | 10TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 25 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | 5TH St West & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 50TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 10TH St West & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 24 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | 10TH St West & Avenue O | Los Angeles | 22 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | 11TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 22 | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | 3RD St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 30TH St East & Avenue R | Los Angeles | 21 | 27 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | 22ND St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 21 | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | 10TH St West & Avenue M-4 | Los Angeles | 21 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | 20TH St East & Avenue R | Los Angeles | 21 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | 30TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | 2ND St E & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 19 | 8 | 1 | none reported yet |
| 22 | Lowes Dr & Rancho Vista Bl | Los Angeles | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | 35TH St East & Avenue R | Los Angeles | 17 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 15TH St West & Rancho Vista Bl | Los Angeles | 17 | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Country Club Dr & Rancho Vista Bl | Los Angeles | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | 15TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 16 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | 47TH St East & Fort Tejon Rd | Los Angeles | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | 20TH St East & Avenue Q | Los Angeles | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | 10TH St West & Beechdale Dr | Los Angeles | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | 25TH St East & Olive Dr | Los Angeles | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | 17TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | 35TH St East & Palmdale Bl | Los Angeles | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | 8TH St East & Avenue P | Los Angeles | 15 | 16 | 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: Palmdale has filed 1,027 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 1,070 predicted by the same 2023–2025 crash rate — roughly 96%. 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.