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Fullerton is home to more dangerous intersections than any other city in Orange County.

After analyzing nine years of intersection-related traffic collisions, we found that 18 of the 50 most dangerous intersections in the county – and six of the top ten – are within Fullerton city limits.

Which intersections pose the most risk to drivers in the city?  Below is a list of the top 25.

Rank	OC Rank	Road 1	Road 2	Crashes	Fatalities	Total Injuries	CRI
1	2	Euclid St	Orangethorpe Av	72	0	74	142.5
2	3	Chapman Av	Harbor Bl	78	0	66	138.75
3	5	Commonwealth Av	Harbor Bl	61	0	60	121.5
4	6	Harbor Bl	Orangethorpe Av	55	0	70	119.25
5	7	Chapman Av	Commonwealth Av	53	0	57	116.25
6	10	Acacia Av	Kimberly Av	43	2	54	103.5
7	12	Gilbert St	Rosecrans Av	38	1	54	99.75
8	14	Chapman Av	Raymond Av	47	0	52	96
9	15	Euclid St	Malvern Av	39	1	47	95.25
10	20	Associated Rd	Bastanchury Rd	40	0	52	89.25
11	21	Lemon St	Orangethorpe Av	45	0	48	89.25
12	22	Orangethorpe Av	Pomona Av	38	1	43	88.5
13	26	Placentia Av	Yorba Linda Bl	42	0	45	85.5
14	38	Magnolia Av	Valencia Dr	34	1	38	78.75
15	44	Commonwealth Av	Euclid St	38	0	43	76.5
16	45	Highland Av	Orangethorpe Av	32	1	33	75.75
17	46	Brookhurst Rd	Commonwealth Av	35	1	35	75
18	49	Euclid St	Valencia Dr	39	0	38	74.25
19	63	Orangethorpe Av	State College Bl	35	0	33	70.5
20	85	Bastanchury Rd	Brea Bl	28	0	36	65.25
21	93	Gilbert St	Malvern Av	26	0	30	63
22	98	Harbor Bl	Santa Fe Av	34	0	27	61.5
23	103	Lemon St	Valencia Dr	25	0	30	60.75
24	107	Parks Rd	Rosecrans Av	23	2	31	60
25	126	Harbor Bl	Houston Av	31	0	40	57.75

 

As we pointed out in our parent study, Fullerton had by far the greatest number of dangerous intersections, despite having only the third-highest number of accidents. In fact, Fullerton had more than 2,100 fewer collisions than Anaheim, yet Anaheim did not have a single intersection in the top 50.

The two most dangerous intersections in Fullerton?  Euclid and Orangethorpe and Chapman and Harbor had the highest number of collisions of any crossing in the county and ranked two and three respectively in the top 50.

The four streets represented in these crossings were particularly problematic, as 15 of the top 25 in Fullerton were on at least one of these streets.

Data, Methodology and Fair Use

If you would like more information on our data and methodology, please see the full study on Orange County dangerous intersections.

If you would like to republish or share the results of our study, please provide attribution to Aitken Aitken & Cohen by linking to this page.