Where do crashes happen most often on SR-241?

The short answer: From July 2, 2025 through July 1, 2026, the SR-241 corridor recorded 127 matching crash records. The largest recorded location category was Unincorporated with 57 matches. Among named cities, Anaheim had the highest count with 43. 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-241 crash-record density

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Top Incident Locations along SR-241

Unincorporated57 crashes
Anaheim43 crashes
Rancho Santa Margarita11 crashes
Irvine6 crashes
Orange6 crashes
Lake Forest3 crashes
Aliso Viejo1 crashes

Direction of Travel Split

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Other/Unknown
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Severity & Casualties Summary

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Locations with the most matching SR-241 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-241 crash records
RankRecorded cityCrashesSerious or fatalPeople killed
1Unincorporated5740
2Anaheim4310
3Rancho Santa Margarita1110
4Irvine600
5Orange600
6Lake Forest300
7Aliso Viejo110
Methodology

How this corridor profile is produced

No applied canonical mapping exists for SR-241 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-241 Highway Crash Records Profile." Updated Jul 1, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/roads/sr-241. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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