Cuyahoga County's High-Crash Roads and Intersections (2022-2023 Data)
Where do crashes cluster in Cuyahoga County? NOACA, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, publishes the roads and intersections where crashes concentrate, and NOACA's 2024-2025 Community Safety Reports are the most recent. NOACA ranks roads and intersections by their expected average crash frequency, a Highway Safety Manual estimate that blends road design, traffic volume and the 2022-2023 crash history, so a rank is not simply a crash count. Its city reports also list each road segment's observed average recorded crashes per year, and those are the counts quoted below. Every figure below is quoted from the agency's own report with its data years, and each line links to its source.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
- SR 94 (State Road) and SR 17 (Brookpark Road) in Cleveland is the first-ranked intersection in NOACA's five-county region. (NOACA Cuyahoga County Safety Report (2025 tables))
- US 6 (Superior Avenue) in Cleveland averaged 146.5 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023, the region's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
- Outside Cleveland, Cuyahoga County's top-ranked intersections are US 422 and SR 87 in Beachwood, US 322 and SR 91 in Mayfield Heights, West 130th Street and Brookpark Road in Brook Park, Ridge Road and Pearl Road in Parma, and West Bagley Road and North Rocky River Drive in Berea. (NOACA Cuyahoga County Safety Report (2025 tables))
Cleveland
- SR 94 (State Road) and SR 17 (Brookpark Road) is the first-ranked intersection in NOACA's entire five-county region. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
- US 6 (Superior Avenue) from East 55th Street to East 125th Street averaged 146.5 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023, the region's first-ranked road segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
- Carnegie Avenue from East 55th Street to Cedar Glen Parkway averaged 119.5 recorded crashes a year in Cleveland. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
- US 42 (Pearl Road) from Brookpark Road to Wildlife Way averaged 87 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
- NOACA counted an annual average of 5,720 recorded crashes on the Cleveland arterials and intersections it analyzed. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland)
See our Cleveland car accident lawyer and Cleveland personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Cleveland.
Parma
- SR 17 (Brookpark Road) from West 130th Street to West 78th Street averaged 74 recorded crashes a year in Parma in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Parma)
- Snow Road from Ridge Road to Broadview Road averaged 53 recorded crashes a year and is Parma's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Parma)
- Ridge Road and SR 17 (Brookpark Road) is Parma's first-ranked intersection; West 130th Street and Brookpark Road is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Parma)
See our Parma car accident lawyer and Parma personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Parma.
Lakewood
- US 6 Alt (Detroit Avenue) from Mathews Avenue to West 117th Street averaged 99.5 recorded crashes a year in Lakewood in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lakewood)
- US 6 (Clifton Boulevard) from West Clifton Boulevard to West 117th Street averaged 46 recorded crashes a year, Lakewood's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lakewood)
- Hilliard Boulevard and SR 237 (Riverside Drive) is Lakewood's first-ranked intersection; Franklin Boulevard and Warren Road is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lakewood)
See our Lakewood car accident lawyer and Lakewood personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Lakewood.
Euclid
- SR 283 (Lakeshore Boulevard) from East 185th Street to the county line averaged 65 recorded crashes a year in Euclid in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Euclid)
- US 20 (Euclid Avenue) from East 214th Street to the county line averaged 51.5 recorded crashes a year, Euclid's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Euclid)
- Euclid Avenue and Dille Road is Euclid's first-ranked intersection. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Euclid)
See our Euclid car accident lawyer and Euclid personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Euclid.
Beachwood
- US 422 (Chagrin Boulevard) and SR 87 (Richmond Road) in Beachwood is the third-ranked intersection in Cuyahoga County and fourth in the NOACA region. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Beachwood)
- Cedar Road from Fenway Drive to the I-271 southbound ramp averaged 89 recorded crashes a year in Beachwood in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Beachwood)
- Chagrin Boulevard from Green Road to Richmond Road averaged 44.5 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Beachwood)
See our Beachwood car accident lawyer and Beachwood personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Beachwood.
Strongsville
- SR 82 (West Royalton Road) from east of Settlers Way to Howe Road averaged 46 recorded crashes a year in Strongsville in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Strongsville)
- US 42 (Pearl Road) from Shurmer Road to Zverina Lane averaged 34 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Strongsville)
- US 42 (Pearl Road) and Sprague Road is Strongsville's first-ranked intersection; Pearl Road and SR 82 is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Strongsville)
See our Strongsville car accident lawyer and Strongsville personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Strongsville.
Middleburg Heights
- Bagley Road from Pleasant Avenue to Pearl Road (US 42) averaged 88 recorded crashes a year in Middleburg Heights in 2022-2023, the sixth-ranked segment in the NOACA region. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Middleburg Heights)
- US 42 (Pearl Road) from Lucerne Drive to West 130th Street averaged 57.5 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Middleburg Heights)
- Bagley Road and US 42 (Pearl Road) is Middleburg Heights' first-ranked intersection. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Middleburg Heights)
See our Middleburg Heights car accident lawyer and Middleburg Heights personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Middleburg Heights.
Brook Park
- West 130th Street and SR 17 (Brookpark Road) in Brook Park is the 11th-ranked intersection in Cuyahoga County outside Cleveland and 19th in the NOACA region. (NOACA Cuyahoga County Safety Report (2025 tables))
See our Brook Park car accident lawyer and Brook Park personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Brook Park.
Berea
- West Bagley Road and North Rocky River Drive in Berea is the 15th-ranked intersection in Cuyahoga County outside Cleveland and 24th in the NOACA region. (NOACA Cuyahoga County Safety Report (2025 tables))
See our Berea car accident lawyer and Berea personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Berea.
What a crash count does and does not tell you
A crash count describes a road, not who caused a particular crash. Fault in an Ohio injury claim turns on the evidence from that crash: the crash report, photos, witnesses and vehicle data. Ohio's comparative fault rule reduces a recovery by the injured person's share of fault and bars it above 50 percent (Ohio Rev. Code § 2315.33), and most Ohio injury lawsuits must be filed within two years (Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.10).
Hurt in a crash in Cuyahoga County?
Get medical care the same day; photograph the vehicles, the roadway and your injuries; get the crash report number from the responding agency; collect witness names and phone numbers; and say nothing to the other driver's insurance company until you have talked to a lawyer. You are not required to give a recorded statement.
The Albenze Firm represents crash victims across Cuyahoga County from our office at 124 Middle Ave in Elyria. The consultation is free, and there is no fee unless we recover compensation. Call (440) 328-8973 any time, or see our Cuyahoga County car accident lawyer and Cuyahoga County personal injury lawyer pages.
Sources
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Beachwood, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Cleveland, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA Cuyahoga County Safety Report (2025 tables), data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Euclid, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lakewood, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Middleburg Heights, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Parma, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Strongsville, data years 2022-2023