San Diego intersections ranked by reported crashes
40 confirmed surface-street junctions in San Diego, San Diego County, carrying 609 reported crashes between them in 2023, 2024 and 2025. 50 junctions were attempted here and 40 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 | Palm Av & Saturn Bl | San Diego | 42 | 61 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | College Av & University Av | San Diego | 26 | 32 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Fairmount Av & Home Av | San Diego | 24 | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 54TH St & University Av | San Diego | 22 | 33 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Garnet Av & Mission Bay Dr | San Diego | 22 | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | Frazee Rd & Friars Rd | San Diego | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 10TH Av & A St | San Diego | 18 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 54TH St & El Cajon Bl | San Diego | 18 | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Friars Rd & Rancho Mission Rd | San Diego | 17 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Euclid Av & Market St | San Diego | 16 | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Kearny Villa Rd & Miramar Rd | San Diego | 16 | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Black Mountain Rd & Mira Mesa Bl | San Diego | 16 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Mira Mesa Bl & Westview Pkwy | San Diego | 15 | 16 | 1 | none reported yet |
| 14 | El Cajon Bl & Fairmount Av | San Diego | 15 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Genesee Av & Linda Vista Rd | San Diego | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Kettner Bl & Sassafras St | San Diego | 14 | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Oro Vista Rd & Tocayo Av | San Diego | 14 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | La Jolla Village Dr & Villa La Jolla Dr | San Diego | 14 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Midway Dr & Rosecrans St | San Diego | 14 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Kemper St & Midway Dr | San Diego | 14 | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Main St & Vesta St | San Diego | 13 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | 47TH St & Imperial Av | San Diego | 13 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | 16TH St & G St | San Diego | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | 8TH Av & University Av | San Diego | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | 9TH Av & Washington St | San Diego | 12 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | College Av & Montezuma Rd | San Diego | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | 16TH St & Palm Av | San Diego | 12 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | El Cajon Bl & Euclid Av | San Diego | 12 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Federal Bl & Winnett St | San Diego | 12 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Collwood Bl & Montezuma Rd | San Diego | 12 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Balboa Av & Charger Bl | San Diego | 12 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | 43RD St & El Cajon Bl | San Diego | 12 | 14 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 33 | Kurtz St & Rosecrans St | San Diego | 12 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Nimitz Bl & West Point Loma Bl | San Diego | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Balboa Av & Convoy St | San Diego | 11 | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Balboa Av & Kearny Villa Rd | San Diego | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Fashion Valley Rd & Friars Rd | San Diego | 11 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | 15TH St & F St | San Diego | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | 52ND St & University Av | San Diego | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Clairemont Mesa Bl & Genesee Av | San Diego | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
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: San Diego has filed 5,469 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 5,758 predicted by the same 2023–2025 crash rate — roughly 95%. 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.