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St. Petersburg, Florida – Road Safety Data (2019-2025)
St. Petersburg, Florida, is a beautiful city, but some of its roads are seriously dangerous. We looked at crash data from 2019 to 2025 and found the 10 roads where you are most likely to get seriously hurt or killed in a car accident.
Here’s the key thing: more car accidents doesn’t automatically mean more dangerous. A busy highway will have more crashes just because more cars use it. So we built a special score that compares roads fairly, looking at how bad car accidents were AND how many cars were driving there. That way, you can see which roads are actually the riskiest for you.
#1
4th St N – most dangerous road per driver in St. Pete
312
total crashes on 4th St N from 2019–2025
339
total crashes on I-275 – most raw crashes, but only #5 in danger score
14.68
danger score for 4th St N – highest of any road in the city
Quick Facts at a Glance
| 4th St N | is ranked | #1 most dangerous road in St. Petersburg |
| 4th St N | has a danger score of | 14.68 (EPDO per MEV) |
| 4th St N | recorded | 312 crashes from 2019–2025 |
| 34th St S | is ranked | #2 most dangerous road in St. Petersburg |
| 5th Ave N | is ranked | #3 most dangerous road in St. Petersburg |
| I-275 | has the most total crashes with | 339, but ranks only #5 in danger score |
| I-275 | has a danger score of only | 6.10 because of its very high traffic volume |
| The top 4 most dangerous roads | are all | city surface streets, not highways |
| The Road Safety Score | is calculated using | crash severity (EPDO) divided by traffic volume (MEV) |
| A fatal crash (K) | is weighted | 70× more than a property-damage-only crash |
| SR 595 | has only 13 crashes but ranks | #7 because of high crash severity |
| Data source | is | Florida HSMV Crash Dashboard, 2019–2025, Pinellas County |
The 10 Most Dangerous Roads in St. Pete
These rankings use our “Road Safety Score.” A higher score means a higher chance of a serious car accident happening to you, not just more car accidents overall.
| # | Road | Total Crashes | Danger Score | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th St N | 312 | 14.68 | Highest |
| 2 | 34th St S | 165 | 14.04 | High |
| 3 | 5th Ave N | 187 | 13.22 | High |
| 4 | 34th St N | 216 | 10.69 | Elevated |
| 5 | I-275 | 339 ⚠️ | 6.10 | Elevated |
| 6 | Tyrone Blvd N | 110 | 4.87 | Moderate |
| 7 | SR 595 | 13 | 2.89 | Moderate |
| 8 | 66th St N | 116 | 2.17 | Moderate |
| 9 | Roosevelt Blvd N | 47 | 1.24 | Lower |
| 10 | US 19 | 6 | 1.20 | Lower |
What Does This Actually Mean?
🚦 City streets beat highways for danger. The top 4 riskiest roads are all regular city streets, not the interstate. These roads have lots of intersections, turning cars, pedestrians, and bikes, which makes serious crashes more likely.
⚠️ I-275 has the most crashes – but it’s not the most dangerous. I-275 had 339 total crashes, more than any other road. But because over 177,000 cars use it every single day, your chance of getting in a serious crash on any one trip is actually pretty low. That drops it to #5 on our list.
🔴 4th St N is the #1 danger spot. Even though it has fewer total crashes than I-275, the crashes on 4th St N are more serious relative to how many cars use it. This could be a sign that intersection layouts, speed limits, or pedestrian crossings on that corridor need safety improvements.
⚡ SR 595 is a surprise. With just 13 crashes, it doesn’t seem bad at first. But those 13 crashes were very serious ones, which pushed it to #7 on our danger list.
How We Figured Out Which Roads Are the Riskiest
We didn’t just count crashes. Counting car accidents alone is misleading. Of course, a highway with 200,000 cars a day has more crashes than a side street. Here’s how we made the comparison fair:
1
We gave each crash a “badness score”
A death is much worse than a broken windshield. So we used a system called EPDO that assigns a bigger number to worse crashes. A fatal crash scores 70× higher than a fender-bender with no injuries.
2
We counted how many cars use each road
Using data from the Florida DOT, we tracked how many millions of cars drove on each road between 2019 and 2025. This is called the “traffic exposure.”
3
We divided badness by traffic
Badness score ÷ traffic volume = your personal risk. A higher result means that the road is more likely to seriously hurt you on any given trip.
How Crash Severity Is Scored (EPDO Scale)
| Letter | What It Means | Score |
|---|---|---|
| K | Someone died | 70.0 |
| A | Seriously injured – can’t walk or drive normally | 30.0 |
| B | Hurt, but injury is visible (cuts, bruises) | 7.5 |
| C | Pain or nausea reported, but nothing visible | 3.5 |
| O | No injuries – only vehicle damage | 1.0 |
How to Stay Safer on St. Petersburg Roads
Drive like others might mess up
Leave extra space between you and the car ahead. Be ready to brake at any moment, especially on 4th St N and 34th St.
Put your phone away
Distracted driving is a huge problem on city streets. Just one glance at your phone can be enough to cause a serious crash.
Watch every intersection
Most serious crashes on city streets happen at intersections. Look both ways even when you have a green light – some drivers run reds.
Sources:
- Florida HSMV Crash Dashboard — Pinellas County crash records 2019–2025. flhsmv.gov/traffic-crash-reports/crash-dashboard/
- U.S. DOT — EPDO methodology. highways.dot.gov
- U.S. DOT — MEV definition. highways.dot.gov
- Florida DOT — 2024 Annual Average Daily Traffic, Pinellas County. tdaappsprod.dot.state.fl.us/fto/
Originally researched and published by Abrahamson & Uiterwyk Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers.