Where do crashes happen most often on SR-1?

The short answer: From July 2, 2025 through July 1, 2026, the SR-1 corridor recorded 2,129 matching crash records. The largest recorded location category was Unincorporated with 1,555 matches. Among named cities, Huntington Beach had the highest count with 105. This is a count of records, not an exposure-adjusted measure of danger. View the reproducible table or read the methodology and limitations.

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Corridor Heat Map

SR-1 crash-record density

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Top Incident Locations along SR-1

Unincorporated1,555 crashes
Huntington Beach105 crashes
Laguna Beach95 crashes
Newport Beach95 crashes
Pacifica55 crashes
San Francisco27 crashes
Daly City23 crashes
Malibu23 crashes
Monterey23 crashes
Signal Hill21 crashes

Direction of Travel Split

1,418
Other/Unknown
359
N/B
348
S/B
4
W/B

Severity & Casualties Summary

21
People reported killed
1,254
Injuries (People)
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Locations with the most matching SR-1 records

Counts reflect the road labels and city fields recorded in the source data for this reporting window. They do not account for traffic volume, road miles, or time spent traveling.

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Top locations in matching SR-1 crash records
RankRecorded cityCrashesSerious or fatalPeople killed
1Unincorporated1,5557621
2Huntington Beach10570
3Laguna Beach9540
4Newport Beach95170
5Pacifica5530
6San Francisco2700
7Daly City2300
8Malibu2300
9Monterey2310
10Signal Hill2100
Methodology

How this corridor profile is produced

No applied canonical mapping exists for SR-1 yet, so this profile temporarily uses the legacy curated alias matcher against the officer-recorded primary-road label. The reporting window is 2025-07-02 through 2026-07-01. Source records come from the California Highway Patrol California Crash Reporting System.

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Limitations

What the numbers cannot establish

  • Raw crash counts do not measure individual risk or identify the “most dangerous” segment.
  • Traffic volume, vehicle miles traveled, road length, construction, and enforcement exposure are not controlled here.
  • Road and city labels can be incomplete, inconsistent, or revised after publication.

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This is independent analysis of public records. Keep the reporting window, source, and methodology attached when reusing a figure.

The Crash Data Project. "SR-1 Highway Crash Records Profile." Updated Jul 1, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/roads/sr-1. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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