Lake County's High-Crash Roads and Intersections (2022-2023 Data)
Where do crashes cluster in Lake 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.
Lake County at a glance
- SR 306 (Reynolds Road) and SR 84 (Johnnycake Ridge Road) in Mentor is Lake County's first-ranked intersection; SR 91 (SOM Center Road) at SR 84 and at US 20 in Willoughby are second and third. (NOACA Lake County Safety Report (2025 tables))
- US 20 (Mentor Avenue) in Mentor averaged 78.5 recorded crashes a year between Hopkins Road and Wellesley Boulevard in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor)
Mentor
- US 20 (Mentor Avenue) from west of Hopkins Road to Wellesley Boulevard averaged 78.5 recorded crashes a year in Mentor in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor)
- US 20 (Mentor Avenue) from Midland Road to west of Center Street averaged 66.5 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor)
- SR 306 (Reynolds Road) and SR 84 (Johnnycake Ridge Road) in Mentor is the first-ranked intersection in Lake County and fifth in the NOACA region. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor)
- NOACA counted an annual average of 763 recorded crashes on the Mentor arterials and intersections it analyzed. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor)
See our Mentor car accident lawyer and Mentor personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Mentor.
Painesville
- US 20 (Mentor Avenue) from SR 44 to Watson Street averaged 36 recorded crashes a year in Painesville in 2022-2023, the city's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Painesville)
- SR 283 (Richmond Street) and US 20 (Erie Street) is Painesville's first-ranked intersection. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Painesville)
See our Painesville car accident lawyer and Painesville personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Painesville.
Kirtland
- US 6 (Euclid-Chardon Road) from Worrell Road to the county line averaged 20.5 recorded crashes a year in Kirtland in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Kirtland)
- SR 306 (Chillicothe Road) from the county line to Russellhurst Drive also averaged 20.5 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Kirtland)
- US 6 and SR 306 is the Kirtland intersection NOACA ranks for safety work. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Kirtland)
See our Kirtland car accident lawyer and Kirtland personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Kirtland.
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 Lake 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 Lake 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 Lake County car accident lawyer and Lake County personal injury lawyer pages.
Sources
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Kirtland, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA Lake County Safety Report (2025 tables), data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Mentor, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Painesville, data years 2022-2023