Lorain County's High-Crash Roads and Intersections (2022-2023 Data)
Where do crashes cluster in Lorain 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.
Lorain County at a glance
- SR 611 (Colorado Avenue) and Chester Road in Avon is the first-ranked intersection in Lorain County and second in the NOACA region. (NOACA Lorain County Safety Report (2025 tables))
- SR 611 and SR 301 (Abbe Road) in Sheffield is second, and Lorain Boulevard and SR 57 in Elyria is third. (NOACA Lorain County Safety Report (2025 tables))
- US 20 (Center Ridge Road) in North Ridgeville is Lorain County's first-ranked road segment, averaging 50 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville)
- SR 57 in Elyria between Lorain Boulevard and I-90 averaged 91 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Elyria)
Elyria
- SR 57 between Lorain Boulevard (SR 113) and 0.22 miles north of I-90 averaged 91 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023, Elyria's first-ranked road segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Elyria)
- SR 301 (Abbe Road North) from SR 57 to Burns Road averaged 46 recorded crashes a year in Elyria. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Elyria)
- Lorain Boulevard and SR 57 is Elyria's first-ranked intersection and third in all of Lorain County; Cleveland Street and SR 57 is second in Elyria. (NOACA Lorain County Safety Report (2025 tables))
- NOACA counted an annual average of 241 recorded crashes on the Elyria arterials and intersections it analyzed. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Elyria)
See our Elyria car accident lawyer and Elyria personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Elyria.
Lorain
- SR 58 (North Leavitt Road) from Cooper Foster Park Road to SR 611 averaged 61.5 recorded crashes a year in Lorain in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lorain)
- SR 611 from Henderson Drive to the Lorain east city line averaged 38.5 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lorain)
- Colorado Avenue and SR 611 is Lorain's first-ranked intersection; Broadway Avenue and Cooper Foster Park Road is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lorain)
- NOACA counted an annual average of 411 recorded crashes on the Lorain arterials and intersections it analyzed. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lorain)
See our Lorain car accident lawyer and Lorain personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Lorain.
North Ridgeville
- US 20 (Center Ridge Road) from the Elyria line to Jaycox Road averaged 50 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023 and is the first-ranked road segment in all of Lorain County. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville)
- SR 10 from north of I-80 to the Cuyahoga County line averaged 50.5 recorded crashes a year in North Ridgeville. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville)
- SR 83 (Avon Belden Road) from Butternut Ridge Road to Hedgerow Park Drive averaged 48 recorded crashes a year. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville)
- US 20 (Center Ridge Road) and SR 83 (Avon Belden Road) is North Ridgeville's first-ranked intersection. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville)
See our North Ridgeville car accident lawyer and North Ridgeville personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in North Ridgeville.
Avon
- SR 611 (Colorado Avenue) and Chester Road in Avon is the first-ranked intersection in Lorain County and second in NOACA's five-county region. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon)
- SR 611 (Colorado Avenue) from the Sheffield line to west of Moore Road averaged 50.5 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon)
- SR 254 (Detroit Road) from SR 83 to the county line averaged 49 recorded crashes a year in Avon. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon)
- SR 83 (Center Road) and SR 254 (Detroit Road) is Avon's second-ranked intersection. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon)
See our Avon car accident lawyer and Avon personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Avon.
Avon Lake
- SR 83 (Avon Belden Road) from the Avon line to Community Drive averaged 18.5 recorded crashes a year in Avon Lake in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon Lake)
- US 6 (Lake Road) from east of Erieview Boulevard to the county line averaged 15.5 recorded crashes a year, Avon Lake's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon Lake)
- US 6 (Lake Road) and Lear Road is Avon Lake's first-ranked intersection; US 6 and SR 83 is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon Lake)
See our Avon Lake car accident lawyer and Avon Lake personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Avon Lake.
Amherst
- SR 58 (Leavitt Road) from Cleveland Avenue to Cooper Foster Park Road averaged 55.5 recorded crashes a year in 2022-2023, Amherst's first-ranked segment. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Amherst)
- Cooper Foster Park Road from North Main Street to Leavitt Road averaged 26.5 recorded crashes a year in Amherst. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Amherst)
- SR 58 (Leavitt Road) and Cooper Foster Park Road is Amherst's first-ranked intersection and sixth in Lorain County. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Amherst)
See our Amherst car accident lawyer and Amherst personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Amherst.
Sheffield Lake
- US 6 (Lake Road) from east of Root Road to east of Erieview Boulevard averaged 15.5 recorded crashes a year in Sheffield Lake in 2022-2023. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Sheffield Lake)
- US 6 (Lake Road) and Lake Breeze Road is Sheffield Lake's first-ranked intersection; US 6 and SR 301 (Abbe Road) is second. (NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Sheffield Lake)
See our Sheffield Lake car accident lawyer and Sheffield Lake personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Sheffield Lake.
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 Lorain 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 Lorain 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 Lorain County car accident lawyer and Lorain County personal injury lawyer pages.
Sources
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Amherst, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Avon Lake, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Elyria, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Lorain, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA Lorain County Safety Report (2025 tables), data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of North Ridgeville, data years 2022-2023
- NOACA 2024-2025 Community Safety Report, City of Sheffield Lake, data years 2022-2023