BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Law firm Chain Cohn Clark updated the top 10 most dangerous intersections for 2026 in Bakersfield.
According to the law firm, the list came from data on the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), a crash database maintained by UC Berkeley’s Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC), which compiles injury and fatal crashes reported to law enforcement.
According to Chain Cohn Clark, the ranking covers January 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2025, within Bakersfield. TIMS recorded 6,400 intersection crashes in that period. The law firm said crashes were grouped using a 50-foot search distance around each intersection.
23rd Street/24th Street and Chester Avenue came in at number one on a list of the top ten most dangerous intersections in the city, with a total of 34 crashes. Other intersections that followed were Beale Avenue and Niles Street, and 34th Street and Q Street.
The full list were:
23rd Street, 24th Street and Chester Avenue: 34 crashesBeale Avenue and Niles Street: 33 crashes34th Street and Q Street: 32 crashesNiles Street and Union Avenue: 32 crashesPanama Lane and Union Avenue: 31 crashesH Street and Ming Avenue: 30 crashesBrundage Lane and P Street: 29 crashesBaker Street and Niles Street: 28 crashesBeale Avenue and Monterey Street: 28 crashesH Street and Planz Road: 26 crashes
The law firm noted that several streets were listed repeatedly: Niles Street, Union Avenue, and H Street.
Chain Cohn Clark first published a list in 2022. The 2022 list covered data from 2011 to 2021.
SEE ALSO: Law office report: Top 10 most dangerous intersections in Bakersfield
Of the original intersections, five of the 10 intersections remain on it.
The full report from Chain Cohn Clark can be found here.