Residential Main Street Statistics

Residential Main St. (RMS) is the 1.0 mile stretch of Main St. from 17th St. to the downtown Huntington Beach Library

  • There are 143 home which face RMS

    • 41 homes between 17th St. and Adams Ave

    • 55 home between Adams Ave and the Parks

    • 47 home between the Parks and the downtown Library

  • There are two crosswalks along RMS

    • Adams Ave

    • Between Lake and Farquhar parks

  • There are no stop signs or red lights between Adams Ave and the downtown Library

  • There are 3 schools and a church on or within one block of RMS

Accident Data for Huntington Beach and Residential Main St.

All data is from 2011-2023, pulled from Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), Berkeley

  • There have been 15,305 reportable car accidents in all of Huntington Beach from 2011 through 2023

  • There have been 66 accidents on RMS

    • This accounts for 0.43% of all accidents in HB

  • There have been 150 fatal car accidents in HB

    • There have been 3 fatal car accidents on RMS

    • Therefore, there have been 147 fatal car accidents in HB outside of RMS

      • There is a 0.96% chance of a car accident being fatal in HB outside of RMS (147/15,239)

      • There is a 4.54% chance of a car accident being fatal on RMS (3/66)

      • Therefore there is a 5 times higher rate of a fatal car accident on RMS than in HB as a whole

      • RMS accounts for 2% of all fatal car accidents in HB while only accounting for 0.43% of overall car accidents

      • While being only 1.0 mile long, and being only approximately 0.1% of all miles of road in HB, it accounts for 2% of fatal car accidents

      • Out of the other 147 fatal car accidents (excluding RMS) only 2 have occured on a residential road (both different roads) within HB

  • Within the section of RMS from 14th St. to 13th St. (where there is a red curb, no parking):

    • There have been 6 accidents

    • There have been 2 fatalities

      • 1.33% of all fatal accidents in HB are on this 50 yard long section of RMS

      • While accounting for 1.33% of all fatalities, this section of RMS accounts for only 0.039% of all accidents in HB

      • There is a 34 times higher rate of fatalities on this section of road compared with the number of accidents

  • At the intersection of Main St., Palm Ave. and 7th St.:

    • There have been 9 accidents

    • There has been one death

      • 0.66% of all fatal accidents in HB occur at this intersection

      • While accounting for 0.66% of all fatalities, this intersection on RMS accounts for only 0.058% of all accidents in HB

      • There is an 11 times higher rate of fatalities at this intersection of RMS compared with the number of accidents

  • In summary, there have been 3 deaths on RMS, accounting for 2% of all fatalities, while only contributing to 0.43% of all accidents in HB.

Comparing Residential Main St. to other local streets

  • Lake St., with significantly less traffic flow, has a stop sign at Lake Park and a dedicated bike lane

  • Delaware St., with significantly less traffic flow, has a stop sign at Indianapolis and a dedicated bike lane

  • Within the numbered streets, every 1-3 blocks there is a stop sign

  • Within the state streets, every 1-3 blocks there is a stop sign

Summary

RMS accounts for barely 0.1% of all roads in HB, while accounting for 2% of fatal car accidents.

When is one of these accidents going to involve an innocent pedestrian?