Jacksonville’s Top 10 Most Dangerous Streets in 2024 and 2025 (new data)

Key Points

These are the top Jacksonville Streets that have proven to be the most persistently hazardous based on our unique methodology which prioritizes crash consistency over raw totals:

1. Normandy Boulevard

2. Interstate 295

3. Arlington Expressway

4. Blanding Boulevard

5. Roosevelt Boulevard

6. Interstate 95

7. 103rd Street

8. Argyle Forest Boulevard

9. Atlantic Boulevard

10. North Main Street

It’s crucial for the people of Jacksonville, FL to know how safe the city’s areas are. The Moore Law Firm takes an extra initiative to provide factual, data-driven information by analyzing the roads with the most predictably persistent car, truck and motorcycle accident activity.

This article uses the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT’s) latest data, encompassing over 54,700 car, truck and motorcycle accident entries, for a unique analysis. We go beyond simple overall crash counts, which can be skewed by time period anomalies or varying traffic densities, to identify the streets that are consistently the most dangerous from Q1 2024 through Q2 2025. We accomplish this by pioneering the Crash Deviation Score—a quantifiable measure of persistent road hazard.

Our Approach: Quantifying Consistent Danger

Our approach for having determined the above mentioned streets is as follows:

1. Initial refinement and sampling from over 54.7k street-tagged entries of crashes from FDOT’s dataset since 2024

2. Reduce the sample size further to 200 based on each refined street’s crash totals and consistency in having at least 1 crash per quarter

3. Begin choosing the top candidates via establishing a quarterly minimum based on choosing the 90th percentile

4. Determine the mean and rounded coefficient of variation (Crash Deviation Score) for the remainder streets’ crash data across the quarters to quantify consistency

5. Settle which among the streets that have the same Crash Deviation Score would rank higher based on crash totals

Refining FDOT’s Dataset

The dataset covers 54,771 street-tagged accident entries in Jacksonville from Q1 2024 to Q2 2025. The initial raw data contained 38,011 unique street name variations, often due to officer report formatting issues ('Atlantic Blvd' vs. 'Atlantic Boulevard'). Our team used AI-assisted verification rules to normalize and match these entries, ensuring accurate crash counts. This process allowed us to derive a cleaner dataset of 13,562 unique street names with adjusted accident counts per quarter.

Determining Initial Sample Size

We reviewed over 13,000 unique street names with accident counts. Due to the immense variance, we focused on selecting a sample size that best represented the city's overall danger. We proceeded with the top 200 streets with the highest crash counts that at least had one crash entry per quarter. This focused group, representing only 1.47% of all listed streets, already accounted for over 52.6% (28,836) of the entire dataset’s total crash count.

Measuring Consistency in Crashes Across Quarters

We gave importance to how consistent the car accident, truck accident, and motorcycle accidents were per quarter to truly reflect always being dangerous. Prioritizing a "crash deviation score" over the respective crash totals these streets had would mean we limited the uncontrolled traits that skewed the intensity of danger these streets actually possessed, such as:

• Traffic density other streets have more than others considering their size and destination points.

• More circumstantial events or seasonal amplifiers.

The rounded Crash Deviation Score (CDS) is essentially the Coefficient of Variation, and is the core of our analysis. Its formula is attributed per street, where:

The smaller the Crash Deviation Score, the more consistent the crashes are, indicating a more persistent and predictable danger. Total crashes served as the tie-breaker for any streets with the same rounded CDS.

The 10 Most Consistently Dangerous Jacksonville Streets Per Quarter

The following top 10 list is ranked primarily by the lowest Crash Deviation Score (CDS)—meaning the most consistent, persistent crash activity—with the total crash count serving as the tie-breaker.

Rank	Street Name	Minimum Crash Count Per Quarter	Crash Deviation Score	Total Crashes (Q1 2024 - Q2 2025)	Average Crash Count Per Day
10	North Main Street	40	0.14	307	1.7
9	Atlantic Boulevard	130	0.14	952	5.3
8	Argyle Forest Boulevard	38	0.13	286	1.6
7	103rd Street	91	0.13	664	3.7
6	Interstate 95	136	0.13	1,015	5.6
5	Roosevelt Boulevard	62	0.11	462	2.6
4	Blanding Boulevard	98	0.11	702	3.9
3	Arlington Expressway	68	0.09	480	2.7
2	Interstate 295	201	0.08	1,324	7.4
1	Normandy Boulevard	73	0.06	484	2.7

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FAQ

1. Do I need a lawyer after a car accident in Florida?

While you are not required to hire an attorney, it is highly recommended, especially if you have sustained significant or permanent injuries. A lawyer can:

1. Maximize Compensation: Studies show accident victims represented by an attorney often receive three to four times more compensation than those who handle their claims alone.

2. Navigate Complex Law: They guide you through Florida’s complex no-fault laws and the "serious injury threshold" required to seek compensation beyond your basic Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage.

3. Protect Your Rights: They handle all communication with insurance companies, who often try to downplay injuries or offer quick, low-ball settlements.

   
   

1. What is the average settlement for a car accident in Florida?

The amount of compensation for a car accident in Florida varies dramatically based on the unique circumstances, most importantly the severity of the injuries and the resulting economic losses. General ranges often reported by firms include:

1. Minor Injuries (e.g., soft tissue): Typically $5,000 to $20,000.

2. Moderate Injuries (e.g., fractures, surgery): Typically $20,000 to $100,000.

3. Severe Injuries (e.g., spinal cord, TBI): Can range from $100,000 to over $1 million.

4. Contextual Note: On this page, we highlight streets like Interstate 295 and Interstate 95, which have very high daily crash averages (7.4 and 5.6, respectively). Crashes on high-speed roads often result in more severe injuries, potentially pushing claim values toward the higher end of these ranges.

3. How is the consistency of the danger found at Florida streets possibly more telling for safety than the sheer volume of accidents these streets have?

The consistency of high crash counts—quantified by the low Crash Deviation Score (CDS)—is a more telling measure of endemic safety issues (the "always dangerous" quality) than raw volume alone for several reasons:

1. Filtering Seasonal Anomalies: Raw, overall volume can be inflated by specific, high-casualty quarters due to rare weather events, construction, or isolated circumstances. Consistency proves the road is a persistent hazard regardless of seasonal factors.

2. Mitigating Traffic Density Skew: Roads with the highest total volume often correspond to areas of high traffic density and congestion. Ironically, high density sometimes results in a lower risk per road user because vehicles are forced to travel at slower speeds, leading to less severe crashes (e.g., property damage only/rear-end accidents).

3. Identifying Systemic Risk: By prioritizing a low CDS, we identify streets—like Normandy Boulevard (0.06 CDS)—that have a systemic, design, or traffic flow problem leading to persistent, quarter-over-quarter hazard, rather than just being the location of the highest single total count.