22-03-2025
Where are Fresno's most dangerous intersections? See top 10 spots for car crashes
How dangerous is driving in Fresno? One intersection in the Central Valley had more than 20 car crashes in just a few years.
That's according to a new study by Southern California law firm Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers.
The law firm ranked the 10 most dangerous intersections in Fresno, based on data from the California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, and compared Fresno crossroads with those in other major California cities.
Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers awarded each intersection a 'danger score,' a composite metric that factored in the total number of crashes over a set period as well as the severity of each crash.
Here's which Fresno intersections made the list:
When it comes to car crashes, one Fresno intersection stands above the rest.
The intersection of Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue had 21 crashes between 2020 and 2024, the study found, making it the city's most riskiest crossroads with a danger score of 42.
The three-way intersection in northeast Fresno was nicknamed 'Death Row' by Fresno lawyer Warren Paboojian. It's also the subject of a YouTube channel, The Friant Roulette.
Nearby resident Dan Wells, who started the Friant Roulette YouTube channel, has captured video of drivers running red lights and vehicles getting T-boned.
In 2024, The Fresno Bee polled readers to discover the more dangerous intersections in the Fresno area.
The intersection of South Chestnut and Central avenues in the Fresno County community of Malaga received the most votes, The Bee reported.
The Friant Road-Shepherd Avenue intersection came in second.
Fresno's intersection crash rate was 38.08%, 2.47% higher than other California cities, according to the study.
About 4% of crashes at Fresno intersections resulted in fatal injuries, the study found, compared to the cross-city average of 2.34%.
Just over 10% of Fresno intersection crashes resulted in serious injuries, the analysis by Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers found, exceeding the cross-city average of 9.20%.
Approximately 85% of crashes at Fresno intersections resulted in minor injuries or possible injuries, according to the law firm.
These were the 10 most unsafe intersections in Fresno, according to Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers:
Friant Road and Shepherd Avenue
Blackstone Avenue and Dakota Avenue
Blackstone Avenue and Ashlan Avenue
Herndon Avenue and Blackstone Avenue
Maroa Avenue and Clinton Avenue
Peach Avenue and Kings Canyon Road
Fresno Street and Cinton Avenue
Mono Street. and G Street were both tied
Shields Avenue and Fresno Street
These were the 10 most risky intersections in California, according to Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers:
Newport Boulevard and 22nd Street/ Victoria Street in Costa Mesa
Route 232 Vineyard Avenue and Esplanade Drive in Oxnard
Lakewood Boulevard and Firestone Boulevard in Downey
Alamitos Avenue and Anaheim Street in Long Beach
Green Leaf Avenue/ Shoemaker Avenue and Telegraph Road in Santa Fe Springs
Orange Avenue and Spring Street in Signal Hill
Valley Boulevard and La Cadena Drive in Colton
Briggsmore Avenue and Carver Road in Modesto
Edinger Avenue and Ward Street in Fountain Valley
Ninth Street and H Street in Modesto
Jacoby and Meyers Injury Lawyers said it used crash data from 2020 to 2024 from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System that was 'cleaned and geocoded by UC Berkeley's Transportation Injury Mapping System.
Only crashes involving reported or suspected injuries were included, while minor incidents without documented injuries were excluded.
