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Claim it before someone else doesReported traffic injuries & collisions β Orange County
Injury rate: 669.1 per 100k Β· Fatality rate: 2.3 per 100k Β· Pop. 87,127
Rate per 100,000 residents β the only fair way to compare a city to its county and state.
In 2025, Newport Beach's injury rate of 669.1 per 100k ran 21% above the county average and 27% above the state average.
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Reported collisions by time of day and weekday, 2020β2025.
Most collisions are reported on Saturdays and between 3pβ6p.
Ranked by injuries and fatalities, 2020β2025.
Junctions with the most reported crashes.
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| Year βΌ | Fatal | Injury | Killed | Injured | Serious | Pop. | Inj/100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026prov | 6 | 231 | 6 | 295 | 39 | 87,127 | 338.6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 419 | 2 | 583 | 64 | 87,127 | 669.1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 428 | 7 | 555 | 75 | 87,127 | 637.0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 403 | 5 | 529 | 63 | 87,127 | 607.2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 350 | 10 | 472 | 57 | 87,127 | 541.7 |
| 2021 | 11 | 387 | 11 | 523 | 50 | 87,127 | 600.3 |
| 2020 | 9 | 361 | 10 | 497 | 53 | 87,127 | 570.4 |
Source: CCRS via data.ca.gov + CA city population. Collision counts are reported crashes from California's Crash Reporting System (CCRS), published on data.ca.gov and aggregated to city jurisdiction; fatality totals are cross-checked against NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Rates per 100,000 use annual city population. Years marked prov are provisional and update as the record is finalized.
Newport Beach is home to about 87,000 people, yet its streets carry far more than residents. Beachgoers, boaters headed for the harbor, and shoppers bound for Newport Center all share the same handful of arteries: Jamboree Road, MacArthur Boulevard, and Route 1, including the West Coast Highway stretch. Public collision records show these corridors post the highest crash counts in the city. In 2025, the most recent final reporting year, Newport Beach recorded 419 injury collisions. Those crashes left 583 people hurt and claimed 2 lives. The timing in the data is fairly steady, too β reported crashes tend to peak on Saturdays between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., right as the beach empties out and dinner traffic builds. If one of those numbers describes your afternoon, here is what LawProactive is and isn't. We are not a law firm, and nobody here will represent you. We are a free service that connects injured people in Newport Beach with an independent personal injury attorney who handles Orange County cases. Being connected costs you nothing, and the attorney you speak with works on contingency, meaning no fee unless there is a recovery. Whether a driver hit you on MacArthur or you were hurt on someone else's property, that first conversation is free and commits you to nothing.
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Important legal information for accident victims in Newport Beach, California.
2 years from the date of injury
Pure Comparative Fault
$15,000/$30,000/$5,000
Understanding these rules can significantly impact your case outcome.
California follows pure comparative negligence, meaning you can recover damages even if you're 99% at fault.
The state requires all drivers to carry minimum liability insurance.
California has no cap on non-economic damages in most personal injury cases.
You have 2 years to file a lawsuit after an accident.
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California follows pure comparative fault. Even if you were partly to blame, you can still recover; your share of fault simply reduces the amount rather than eliminating it.
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