Santa Clara intersections ranked by reported crashes
33 confirmed surface-street junctions in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, carrying 521 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 | El Camino Real & San Tomas Expy | Santa Clara | 38 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | San Tomas Expy & Scott Blvd | Santa Clara | 36 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | San Tomas Expy & Walsh Ave | Santa Clara | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Central Expy & De La Cruz Blvd | Santa Clara | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Expy & Lafayette St | Santa Clara | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Pruneridge Ave & San Tomas Expy | Santa Clara | 21 | 18 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 7 | Lawrence Expy & Pruneridge Ave | Santa Clara | 20 | 12 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 8 | Monroe St & Scott Blvd | Santa Clara | 18 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Cabrillo Ave & San Tomas Expy | Santa Clara | 17 | 16 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 10 | El Camino Real & Halford Ave | Santa Clara | 16 | 10 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 11 | El Camino Real & Scott Blvd | Santa Clara | 16 | 4 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 12 | Benton St & Lafayette St | Santa Clara | 15 | 14 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 13 | Great America Pkwy & Mission College Blvd | Santa Clara | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | San Tomas Expy & Saratoga Ave | Santa Clara | 15 | 10 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 15 | De La Cruz Blvd & Martin Ave | Santa Clara | 15 | 7 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 16 | Brokaw Rd & Coleman Ave | Santa Clara | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Augustine Dr & Bowers Ave | Santa Clara | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Lafayette St & Lewis St | Santa Clara | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | El Camino Real & Lafayette St | Santa Clara | 13 | 4 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 20 | Lafayette St & Martin Ave | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Cabrillo Ave & Scott Blvd | Santa Clara | 12 | 9 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 22 | Calabazas Blvd & El Camino Real | Santa Clara | 12 | 7 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 23 | Newhall St & Washington St | Santa Clara | 12 | 6 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 24 | El Camino Real & Flora Vista Ave | Santa Clara | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Benton St & Kiely Blvd | Santa Clara | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Homestead Rd & Kiely Blvd | Santa Clara | 11 | 6 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 27 | Bowers Ave & El Camino Real | Santa Clara | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Great America Pkwy & Patrick Henry Dr | Santa Clara | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | El Camino Real & Kiely Blvd | Santa Clara | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Scott Blvd & Warburton Ave | Santa Clara | 11 | 4 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 31 | Bowers Ave & Kifer Rd | Santa Clara | 10 | 5 | 2 | none reported yet |
| 32 | Harrison St & Monroe St | Santa Clara | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | San Tomas Expy & Stevens Creek Blvd | Santa Clara | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
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: Santa Clara has filed 209 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 717 predicted by the same 2023–2025 crash rate — roughly 29%. 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.