Where do crashes happen most often on SR-73?

The short answer: From October 23, 2025 through October 22, 2026, the SR-73 corridor recorded 161 matching crash records. Among the locations identified in those records, Costa Mesa had the highest number of records with 57 matches. 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-73 crash-record density

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Profile starts Oct 23, 2025Showing Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026
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Window: Oct 23, 2025 to Oct 22, 2026
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Full profile count: 161 records
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Year-over-year records

How reported SR-73 crashes compare by year

Annual counts use the same road-matching method as this profile. The latest year may be incomplete if the source data has not reached year end.

2021 to 2026
Bars show reported crash-record counts, not risk rates or traffic-volume-adjusted danger.

Top Incident Locations along SR-73

Costa Mesa57 crashes
Irvine31 crashes
Newport Beach25 crashes
Aliso Viejo16 crashes
Laguna Beach12 crashes
Laguna Niguel5 crashes
San Juan Capistrano5 crashes
Unincorporated5 crashes
Laguna Hills3 crashes
Laguna Woods1 crashes

Direction of Travel Split

104
Other/Unknown
35
N/B
22
S/B

Severity & Casualties Summary

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People reported killed
110
Injuries (People)

Reported Lane Patterns

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89.5%
Lane data coverage
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Anomalies (Lane > Total)

Most Frequent Recorded Lanes

lane 2 / total 345 records
lane 3 / total 339 records
lane 1 / total 238 records
lane 3 / total 437 records

Sideswipe Context

Of the sideswipes with clear lane details, 25 crossed multiple reported lanes (lane-departure context), while 6 occurred within a single lane.

Note: Lane numbers are officer-reported (e.g. "Lane 1" is typically the fast lane). They are useful for local review but do not reflect verified road geometry.

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Locations with the most matching SR-73 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-73 crash records
RankRecorded cityCrashesSerious or fatalPeople killed
1Costa Mesa5700
2Irvine3110
3Newport Beach2500
4Aliso Viejo1610
5Laguna Beach1210
6Laguna Niguel500
7San Juan Capistrano500
8Unincorporated500
9Laguna Hills300
10Laguna Woods100
Methodology

How this corridor profile is produced

No applied canonical mapping exists for SR-73 yet, so this profile temporarily uses the legacy curated alias matcher against the officer-recorded primary-road label. The reporting window is 2025-10-23 through 2026-10-22. 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.

Cite or reuse this profile

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

Evidence for Zero. "SR-73 Highway Crash Records Profile." Updated Oct 22, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/roads/sr-73. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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