Mar 3, 2026 - News
Cleveland road safety
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Cleveland's roadways are relatively safe, per StreetLight Data's new "U.S. Safe Streets Index."
How it works: The data is based on five key factors among the 100 biggest U.S. metros: vehicle miles traveled, different speeds between vehicles, pedestrian risk, speeding in residential zones, and truck activity.
Zoom in: Cleveland ranked 30th among metros, just behind Columbus (27) and ahead of Dayton (46), Toledo (56), Cincinnati (58) and Akron (68).
- Cleveland's best scores came in speed differential and vehicle miles traveled. The worst marks were for truck activity and residential speeding.
Zoom out: The New York, Boston, and Portland, Oregon, metro areas have the country's safest roadways.
- The least safe were California metros Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Stockton-Lodi and Bakersfield-Delano.
💭 Our thought bubble: It's a good thing for Cleveland that potholes weren't part of the equation.
