Santa Monica intersections ranked by reported crashes
44 confirmed surface-street junctions in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, carrying 703 reported crashes between them in 2023, 2024 and 2025. 50 junctions were attempted here and 44 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 | Lincoln Blvd & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 38 | 12 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 4TH St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 29 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 4TH St & Broadway | Los Angeles | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Colorado Ave & Ocean Ave | Los Angeles | 26 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lincoln Blvd & Ocean Park Blvd | Los Angeles | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Broadway & Ocean Ave | Los Angeles | 21 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4TH St & Colorado Ave | Los Angeles | 20 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 20TH St & Olympic Blvd | Los Angeles | 20 | 22 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Cloverfield Blvd & Olympic Blvd | Los Angeles | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Main St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 19 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 26TH St & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 19 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Lincoln Blvd & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Broadway & Lincoln Blvd | Los Angeles | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | 20TH St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 17 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 4TH St & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 17 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Cloverfield Blvd & Michigan Ave | Los Angeles | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Ocean Ave & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 20TH St & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Lincoln Blvd & Olympic Blvd (w) | Los Angeles | 16 | 5 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 20 | Ocean Ave & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | 16TH St & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Bay St & Lincoln Blvd | Los Angeles | 14 | 11 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 23 | Arizona Ave & Ocean Ave | Los Angeles | 14 | 8 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 24 | California Ave & Ocean Ave | Los Angeles | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | 26TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 5TH St & Broadway | Los Angeles | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Broadway & Cloverfield Blvd | Los Angeles | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | 20TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Lincoln Blvd & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Lincoln Blvd & Michigan Ave | Los Angeles | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Cloverfield Blvd & Virginia Ave | Los Angeles | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Main St & Ocean Park Blvd | Los Angeles | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | 4TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | 5TH St & Colorado Ave | Los Angeles | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | 2ND St & Colorado Ave | Los Angeles | 12 | 5 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 36 | Neilson Way & Ocean Park Blvd | Los Angeles | 11 | 16 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 37 | 9TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | 11TH St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 11 | 3 | 0 | none reported yet |
| 39 | 17TH St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | 2ND St & Santa Monica Blvd | Los Angeles | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 41 | 5TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 42 | 28TH St & Pico Blvd | Los Angeles | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 43 | 10TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 44 | 17TH St & Wilshire Blvd | Los Angeles | 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 Monica has filed 666 crashes for January–August 2026, against about 795 predicted by the same 2023–2025 crash rate — roughly 84%. 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.