Stark County's High-Crash Roads and Intersections (2022-2024 Data)
Where do crashes cluster in Stark County? SCATS, the Stark County Area Transportation Study, publishes the roads and intersections where crashes concentrate, and the SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024 is the most recent. SCATS reports each location's crashes for 2022, 2023 and 2024, with injury counts and a hazard rating that combines crash count, crash rate and severity. Every figure below is quoted from the agency's own report with its data years, and each line links to its source.
Stark County at a glance
- Dressler Road and Everhard Road had 86 crashes in 2022-2024, and Everhard Road and Whipple Avenue had 73, including 1 fatal crash. (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
- US 62 and Harmont Avenue/Lesh Street in Canton had 90 crashes in 2022-2024. (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
- SR 173 and Paris Avenue has the highest hazard rating in Stark County (22 crashes in 2022-2024, 2 with serious injuries). (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
Canton
- US 62 and Harmont Avenue/Lesh Street in Canton had 90 crashes in 2022-2024 (26, 34 and 30 a year), 20 of them with injuries. (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
- 13th/12th Street NW and the I-77 ramps had 62 crashes in 2022-2024, and Harrison Avenue and Tuscarawas Street West had 54. (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
- 30th Street NW and Cleveland Avenue had 44 crashes in 2022-2024. (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
- 15th Street NE and Walnut Avenue NE in Canton has the second-highest hazard rating in Stark County (21 crashes in 2022-2024). (SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024)
See our Canton car accident lawyer and Canton personal injury lawyer pages for what to do after a crash in Canton.
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 Stark 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 Stark 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 Stark County car accident lawyer and Stark County personal injury lawyer pages.
Sources
- SCATS Stark County Crash Report and Safety Work Plan 2024, data years 2022-2024