Los Angeles County bicycle accidents
+42.2%
419 → 596
January–March 2025 → 2026*
RMD original research · California Accident Report 2026
California recorded 2,730 bicycle-involved accidents and 2,917 motorcycle-involved accidents in January–March 2026. Both reached their highest first-quarter counts in the 2021–2026 dataset, rising 29.3% and 21.7% from a year earlier.*
RMD’s analysis follows the state totals into local first-quarter highs, city comparisons and the roads behind the records.
Percentage rankings require at least 100 records in the earlier quarter. The city leader excludes places flagged for daytime population. Annual county rate leaders require at least 100,000 residents.
Fatal and injury crash records only. Quarterly changes compare January to March 2025 with 2026. Annual rates use 2024; road totals cover 2021 to 2025. Recent years are provisional. Counts do not measure travel exposure.
The new April–June records extend the report through June 30. These provisional counts cover all 58 counties. Matching 2025 statewide half-year comparisons are withheld because our current historical download is incomplete.
| Measure | Jan–Mar 2026* | Apr–Jun 2026* | Jan–Jun 2026* |
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| Fatal and injury accidents | 40,659 | 39,236 | 79,895 |
| Bicycle-involved | 2,730 | 2,743 | 5,473 |
| Motorcycle-involved | 2,917 | 3,133 | 6,050 |
| Pedestrian-involved | 2,963 | 2,136 | 5,099 |
| Truck-involved | 1,749 | 1,827 | 3,576 |
Counts describe reported crashes and casualties, not risk per trip. Categories can overlap. First-half and first-quarter comparisons are separate.
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*Provisional fatal and injury crash records. † Earlier count below 100; excluded from percentage-change rankings. Counts are not personal risk. Definitions and source notes.
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January–March 2026 · Highs compare only the six first quarters from 2021 through 2026. Newer periods are provisional.* Source notes
Bicycle-involved accidents exceed the previous first-quarter high by 618 records. Motorcycle-involved accidents exceed their previous high by 275.*
| Place / measure | Q1 2021 | Q1 2022 | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Q1 2025* | Q1 2026* | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California: Bicycle-involved accidents | 1,618 | 1,946 | 1,623 | 1,974 | 2,112 | 2,730 | +29.3% |
| California: Motorcycle-involved accidents | 2,171 | 2,642 | 1,959 | 2,283 | 2,397 | 2,917 | +10.4% |
*Fatal and injury crashes only. This is a six-year comparison, not an all-time record. Bicycle and motorcycle categories can overlap.
January–March 2026 compared with January–March 2025 · Fatal and injury accidents only. Provisional.* Source notes
Los Angeles County recorded 596 bicycle-involved accidents. Ventura County recorded 1,021 fatal and injury accidents, 119 above its previous first-quarter high.*
| Place / measure | Q1 2021 | Q1 2022 | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Q1 2025* | Q1 2026* | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County: Fatal and injury crashes | 700 | 805 | 902 | 845 | 816 | 1,021 | +13.2% |
| San Mateo County: Fatal and injury crashes | 461 | 549 | 584 | 661 | 611 | 755 | +14.2% |
| Los Angeles County: Bicycle-involved crashes | 405 | 458 | 349 | 428 | 419 | 596 | +30.1% |
| Orange County: Bicycle-involved crashes | 160 | 201 | 201 | 260 | 250 | 304 | +16.9% |
| San Diego County: Bicycle-involved crashes | 164 | 162 | 159 | 192 | 226 | 267 | +18.1% |
| San Francisco County: Bicycle-involved crashes | 103 | 78 | 75 | 95 | 111 | 151 | +36.0% |
| Anaheim (Orange County): Fatal and injury crashes | 407 | 498 | 523 | 545 | 469 | 613 | +12.5% |
| San Bernardino (San Bernardino County): Fatal and injury crashes | 273 | 275 | 309 | 318 | 306 | 372 | +17.0% |
| Chula Vista (San Diego County): Fatal and injury crashes | 173 | 202 | 187 | 216 | 191 | 262 | +21.3% |
| Pomona (Los Angeles County): Fatal and injury crashes | 211 | 247 | 235 | 245 | 199 | 285 | +15.4% |
| Thousand Oaks (Ventura County): Fatal and injury crashes | 94 | 101 | 130 | 113 | 117 | 147 | +13.1% |
| Oxnard (Ventura County): Fatal and injury crashes | 209 | 236 | 247 | 240 | 211 | 271 | +9.7% |
Anaheim recorded 613 accidents in January–March 2026, up 30.7%. Oxnard recorded 271, up 28.4%. Both exceed every earlier first quarter shown in the table.*
*Recent records remain provisional. These selected counts are not population- or distance-adjusted. Categories and places overlap; do not add them together. “High” refers only to the displayed six-year period.
January–March 2026 compared with January–March 2025 · Fatal and injury accidents only. Provisional.* Source notes
The latest first quarter contains 3,165 more fatal and injury accident records than the same period in 2025. The changes differ across accident types.
| Measure / place | Jan–Mar 2024 | Jan–Mar 2025* | Jan–Mar 2026* | 2025→2026* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All fatal and injury accidents | 39,756 | 37,494 | 40,659 | +8.4% |
| Bicycle-involved accidents | 1,974 | 2,112 | 2,730 | +29.3% |
| Motorcycle-involved accidents | 2,283 | 2,397 | 2,917 | +21.7% |
| Pedestrian-involved accidents | 3,225 | 2,868 | 2,963 | +3.3% |
| Truck-involved accidents | 1,649 | 1,634 | 1,749 | +7.0% |
| Alcohol-involved accidents | 4,670 | 4,259 | 4,428 | +4.0% |
| Hit-and-run accidents | 5,380 | 4,909 | 5,080 | +3.5% |
| People injured | 54,624 | 51,112 | 55,839 | +9.2% |
| Fatalities | 903 | 843 | 619 | -26.6% |
Crash categories overlap and must not be added together. Death and injury figures count people, not crashes. Lower recent death counts are not evidence of a confirmed safety improvement.
January–March 2026 compared with January–March 2025 · Fatal and injury accidents only. Provisional.* Source notes
State totals can hide local changes. Compare January–March across all 58 counties, with selected city increases shown separately.
| Measure / place | Jan–Mar 2024 | Jan–Mar 2025* | Jan–Mar 2026* | 2025→2026* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomona accidents | 245 | 199 | 285 | +43.2% |
| Chula Vista accidents | 216 | 191 | 262 | +37.2% |
| Anaheim accidents | 545 | 469 | 613 | +30.7% |
| Oxnard accidents | 240 | 211 | 271 | +28.4% |
| Fresno city accidents | 377 | 311 | 406 | +30.5% |
| Measure / place | Jan–Mar 2024 | Jan–Mar 2025* | Jan–Mar 2026* | 2025→2026* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 1,761 | 1,683 | 1,598 | -5.1% |
| Alpine | 7 | 12 | 2 | -83.3% |
| Amador | 38 | 42 | 51 | +21.4% |
| Butte | 182 | 168 | 164 | -2.4% |
| Calaveras | 38 | 48 | 44 | -8.3% |
| Colusa | 33 | 33 | 22 | -33.3% |
| Contra Costa | 925 | 921 | 956 | +3.8% |
| Del Norte | 25 | 26 | 29 | +11.5% |
| El Dorado | 150 | 173 | 157 | -9.2% |
| Fresno | 794 | 774 | 902 | +16.5% |
| Glenn | 23 | 24 | 26 | +8.3% |
| Humboldt | 145 | 124 | 117 | -5.6% |
| Imperial | 125 | 133 | 130 | -2.3% |
| Inyo | 27 | 23 | 33 | +43.5% |
| Kern | 867 | 865 | 968 | +11.9% |
| Kings | 125 | 110 | 121 | +10.0% |
| Lake | 68 | 71 | 70 | -1.4% |
| Lassen | 29 | 26 | 21 | -19.2% |
| Los Angeles | 10,421 | 9,366 | 9,974 | +6.5% |
| Madera | 164 | 182 | 189 | +3.8% |
| Marin | 265 | 227 | 248 | +9.3% |
| Mariposa | 17 | 8 | 14 | +75.0% |
| Mendocino | 76 | 72 | 84 | +16.7% |
| Merced | 301 | 262 | 288 | +9.9% |
| Modoc | 12 | 7 | 7 | +0.0% |
| Mono | 18 | 10 | 10 | +0.0% |
| Monterey | 394 | 377 | 390 | +3.4% |
| Napa | 149 | 134 | 156 | +16.4% |
| Nevada | 71 | 99 | 64 | -35.4% |
| Orange | 3,092 | 2,816 | 3,153 | +12.0% |
| Placer | 394 | 405 | 435 | +7.4% |
| Plumas | 12 | 16 | 15 | -6.2% |
| Riverside | 2,665 | 2,367 | 2,708 | +14.4% |
| Sacramento | 1,952 | 1,892 | 2,022 | +6.9% |
| San Benito | 59 | 68 | 67 | -1.5% |
| San Bernardino | 2,451 | 2,381 | 2,553 | +7.2% |
| San Diego | 3,376 | 3,330 | 3,667 | +10.1% |
| San Francisco | 845 | 819 | 958 | +17.0% |
| San Joaquin | 904 | 868 | 1,053 | +21.3% |
| San Luis Obispo | 239 | 222 | 257 | +15.8% |
| San Mateo | 661 | 611 | 755 | +23.6% |
| Santa Barbara | 433 | 423 | 442 | +4.5% |
| Santa Clara | 1,538 | 1,548 | 1,524 | -1.6% |
| Santa Cruz | 255 | 207 | 265 | +28.0% |
| Shasta | 163 | 167 | 152 | -9.0% |
| Sierra | 4 | 4 | 5 | +25.0% |
| Siskiyou | 49 | 43 | 26 | -39.5% |
| Solano | 428 | 445 | 495 | +11.2% |
| Sonoma | 386 | 376 | 466 | +23.9% |
| Stanislaus | 718 | 704 | 739 | +5.0% |
| Sutter | 125 | 91 | 138 | +51.6% |
| Tehama | 54 | 76 | 46 | -39.5% |
| Trinity | 19 | 20 | 13 | -35.0% |
| Tulare | 462 | 413 | 449 | +8.7% |
| Tuolumne | 66 | 83 | 80 | -3.6% |
| Ventura | 845 | 816 | 1,021 | +25.1% |
| Yolo | 213 | 198 | 211 | +6.6% |
| Yuba | 98 | 85 | 109 | +28.2% |
Counts describe where crashes occurred. They are not adjusted for population, visitors, driving distance or reporting maturity. A dash means the 2025 baseline was zero.
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
Statewide and local findings from the RMD California Accident Report. Unless noted, figures refer to 2024.*
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
Choose from 453 cities in the extract or 58 counties to see the 2024 figures, where it ranks among places its size, and what stands out about it. The link updates as you choose, so you can share the result.
Counts cover fatal and injury accidents. Rates use resident population, not driving distance. Small-population and daytime-population flags remain visible.
| Place | Population | Accident count | Accidents per 100k | Deaths per 100k |
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Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
2024 · Fatal and injury accidents. Counts and resident-based rates do not measure personal risk. Provisional.* Source notes
Ranked by volume rather than rate, because that is the question most often asked about the large cities. A bigger city will naturally appear higher – for a like-for-like comparison use the rate tables below.
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 3,828,748 | 11,674 | 304.9 | 313 |
| 2 | San Diego | San Diego | 1,394,421 | 5,895 | 422.8 | 117 |
| 3 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 527,885 | 3,603 | 682.5 | 48 |
| 4 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 841,228 | 3,513 | 417.6 | 51 |
| 5 | San Jose | Santa Clara | 978,276 | 3,460 | 353.7 | 50 |
| 6 | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 461,457 | 2,704 | 586.0 | 40 |
| 7 | Anaheim | Orange | 340,629 | 2,286 | 671.1 | 19 |
| 8 | Oakland | Alameda | 427,141 | 2,112 | 494.4 | 39 |
| 9 | Riverside | Riverside | 320,375 | 1,985 | 619.6 | 22 |
| 10 | Santa Ana | Orange | 311,025 | 1,801 | 579.0 | 30 |
| 11 | Fresno | Fresno | 554,049 | 1,659 | 299.4 | 58 |
| 12 | Modesto | Stanislaus | 219,751 | 1,461 | 664.8 | 22 |
| 13 | Bakersfield | Kern | 415,859 | 1,443 | 347.0 | 52 |
| 14 | Stockton | San Joaquin | 322,799 | 1,415 | 438.4 | 40 |
| 15 | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | 222,450 | 1,315 | 591.1 | 35 |
| 16 | Ontario | San Bernardino | 183,372 | 1,096 | 597.7 | 23 |
| 17 | Oxnard | Ventura | 198,868 | 1,092 | 549.1 | 9 |
| 18 | Lancaster | Los Angeles | 174,127 | 1,059 | 608.2 | 32 |
| 19 | Pomona | Los Angeles | 153,847 | 1,001 | 650.6 | 7 |
| 20 | Chula Vista | San Diego | 280,742 | 949 | 338.0 | 20 |
| 21 | Pasadena | Los Angeles | 140,960 | 927 | 657.6 | 8 |
| 22 | Fremont | Alameda | 232,673 | 890 | 382.5 | 20 |
| 23 | Fontana | San Bernardino | 215,887 | 861 | 398.8 | 17 |
| 24 | Escondido | San Diego | 152,358 | 851 | 558.5 | 13 |
| 25 | Moreno Valley | Riverside | 209,929 | 843 | 401.6 | 14 |
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
2024 · Fatal and injury accidents. Counts and resident-based rates do not measure personal risk. Provisional.* Source notes
Cities are ranked within population groups, using the groups the California Office of Traffic Safety applies to its own rankings – comparing a town of 3,000 with Los Angeles produces a resident base that is very different. These 453 cities have records and matched populations in the extract. A missing city does not mean zero accidents. Click a row to open its finding.
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | Sacramento | 527,885 | 3,603 | 682.5 | 48 | 281 | 195 | 179 |
| 2 | Anaheim | Orange | 340,629 | 2,286 | 671.1 | 19 | 121 | 95 | 136 |
| 3 | Riverside | Riverside | 320,375 | 1,985 | 619.6 | 22 | 113 | 72 | 144 |
| 4 | Long Beach | Los Angeles | 461,457 | 2,704 | 586.0 | 40 | 263 | 160 | 207 |
| 5 | Santa Ana | Orange | 311,025 | 1,801 | 579.0 | 30 | 152 | 148 | 107 |
| 6 | Oakland | Alameda | 427,141 | 2,112 | 494.4 | 39 | 251 | 130 | 150 |
| 7 | Stockton | San Joaquin | 322,799 | 1,415 | 438.4 | 40 | 115 | 105 | 61 |
| 8 | San Diego | San Diego | 1,394,421 | 5,895 | 422.8 | 117 | 569 | 412 | 765 |
| 9 | San Francisco | San Francisco | 841,228 | 3,513 | 417.6 | 51 | 678 | 475 | 452 |
| 10 | San Jose | Santa Clara | 978,276 | 3,460 | 353.7 | 50 | 310 | 266 | 135 |
| 11 | Bakersfield | Kern | 415,859 | 1,443 | 347.0 | 52 | 129 | 90 | 103 |
| 12 | Chula Vista | San Diego | 280,742 | 949 | 338.0 | 20 | 70 | 49 | 88 |
| 13 | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 3,828,748 | 11,674 | 304.9 | 313 | 1500 | 459 | 919 |
| 14 | Fresno | Fresno | 554,049 | 1,659 | 299.4 | 58 | 176 | 92 | 90 |
| 15 | Irvine | Orange | 315,545 | 801 | 253.8 | 14 | 32 | 105 | 66 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downey | Los Angeles | 112,523 | 755 | 671.0 | 11 | 48 | 30 | 50 |
| 2 | Modesto | Stanislaus | 219,751 | 1,461 | 664.8 | 22 | 114 | 102 | 79 |
| 3 | Pasadena | Los Angeles | 140,960 | 927 | 657.6 | 8 | 83 | 56 | 61 |
| 4 | Costa Mesa | Orange | 110,009 | 717 | 651.8 | 13 | 47 | 99 | 63 |
| 5 | Pomona | Los Angeles | 153,847 | 1,001 | 650.6 | 7 | 68 | 56 | 60 |
| 6 | Lancaster | Los Angeles | 174,127 | 1,059 | 608.2 | 32 | 68 | 29 | 34 |
| 7 | Ontario | San Bernardino | 183,372 | 1,096 | 597.7 | 23 | 60 | 38 | 64 |
| 8 | Hesperia | San Bernardino | 101,709 | 606 | 595.8 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 40 |
| 9 | San Bernardino | San Bernardino | 222,450 | 1,315 | 591.1 | 35 | 109 | 60 | 68 |
| 10 | Ventura | Ventura | 107,686 | 629 | 584.1 | 7 | 42 | 75 | 40 |
| 11 | El Cajon | San Diego | 105,606 | 594 | 562.5 | 13 | 55 | 38 | 30 |
| 12 | Escondido | San Diego | 152,358 | 851 | 558.5 | 13 | 63 | 47 | 70 |
| 13 | Oxnard | Ventura | 198,868 | 1,092 | 549.1 | 9 | 88 | 94 | 62 |
| 14 | Jurupa Valley | Riverside | 106,378 | 584 | 549.0 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 54 |
| 15 | Burbank | Los Angeles | 105,623 | 577 | 546.3 | 5 | 50 | 29 | 30 |
| 16 | Fairfield | Solano | 121,451 | 659 | 542.6 | 12 | 37 | 33 | 40 |
| 17 | Fullerton | Orange | 141,194 | 758 | 536.9 | 14 | 54 | 42 | 52 |
| 18 | Berkeley | Alameda | 125,477 | 645 | 514.0 | 5 | 96 | 103 | 35 |
| 19 | Corona | Riverside | 159,239 | 805 | 505.5 | 11 | 30 | 23 | 61 |
| 20 | El Monte | Los Angeles | 107,535 | 541 | 503.1 | 3 | 54 | 54 | 32 |
| 21 | Palmdale | Los Angeles | 166,333 | 819 | 492.4 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 38 |
| 22 | Orange | Orange | 140,381 | 689 | 490.8 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 53 |
| 23 | Roseville | Placer | 157,723 | 764 | 484.4 | 9 | 32 | 45 | 51 |
| 24 | Oceanside | San Diego | 174,008 | 816 | 468.9 | 21 | 67 | 106 | 91 |
| 25 | Concord | Contra Costa | 123,034 | 568 | 461.7 | 5 | 44 | 37 | 42 |
| 26 | Temecula | Riverside | 110,577 | 499 | 451.3 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 78 |
| 27 | Inglewood | Los Angeles | 107,014 | 481 | 449.5 | 10 | 63 | 36 | 26 |
| 28 | Thousand Oaks | Ventura | 123,541 | 553 | 447.6 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 27 |
| 29 | Huntington Beach | Orange | 193,178 | 828 | 428.6 | 17 | 62 | 198 | 79 |
| 30 | Norwalk | Los Angeles | 102,176 | 430 | 420.8 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 27 |
| 31 | Torrance | Los Angeles | 144,267 | 598 | 414.5 | 7 | 45 | 51 | 43 |
| 32 | San Mateo | San Mateo | 103,746 | 428 | 412.6 | 5 | 41 | 35 | 19 |
| 33 | Moreno Valley | Riverside | 209,929 | 843 | 401.6 | 14 | 46 | 28 | 52 |
| 34 | Richmond | Contra Costa | 114,257 | 457 | 400.0 | 11 | 40 | 24 | 24 |
| 35 | Fontana | San Bernardino | 215,887 | 861 | 398.8 | 17 | 48 | 49 | 55 |
| 36 | Hayward | Alameda | 161,796 | 640 | 395.6 | 10 | 56 | 41 | 47 |
| 37 | Glendale | Los Angeles | 193,403 | 741 | 383.1 | 6 | 79 | 17 | 40 |
| 38 | Fremont | Alameda | 232,673 | 890 | 382.5 | 20 | 42 | 53 | 72 |
| 39 | Rialto | San Bernardino | 104,608 | 396 | 378.6 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 24 |
| 40 | Victorville | San Bernardino | 140,191 | 513 | 365.9 | 24 | 36 | 18 | 44 |
| 41 | Carlsbad | San Diego | 115,898 | 421 | 363.2 | 4 | 27 | 74 | 35 |
| 42 | Murrieta | Riverside | 110,711 | 399 | 360.4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 45 |
| 43 | West Covina | Los Angeles | 109,869 | 395 | 359.5 | 7 | 27 | 12 | 32 |
| 44 | Garden Grove | Orange | 171,479 | 613 | 357.5 | 11 | 52 | 56 | 27 |
| 45 | Vacaville | Solano | 103,480 | 359 | 346.9 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 26 |
| 46 | Santa Clarita | Los Angeles | 231,949 | 779 | 335.9 | 8 | 37 | 29 | 39 |
| 47 | Vallejo | Solano | 123,217 | 411 | 333.6 | 11 | 37 | 5 | 28 |
| 48 | Simi Valley | Ventura | 125,024 | 395 | 315.9 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 33 |
| 49 | Santa Maria | Santa Barbara | 110,179 | 343 | 311.3 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 12 |
| 50 | Vista | San Diego | 101,696 | 315 | 309.8 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 34 |
| 51 | Visalia | Tulare | 146,737 | 446 | 303.9 | 11 | 34 | 26 | 24 |
| 52 | Santa Rosa | Sonoma | 176,940 | 533 | 301.2 | 6 | 35 | 39 | 47 |
| 53 | Rancho Cucamonga | San Bernardino | 175,551 | 526 | 299.6 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 50 |
| 54 | Sunnyvale | Santa Clara | 158,263 | 457 | 288.8 | 5 | 38 | 44 | 21 |
| 55 | Antioch | Contra Costa | 117,696 | 313 | 265.9 | 10 | 30 | 10 | 19 |
| 56 | Salinas | Monterey | 160,706 | 418 | 260.1 | 1 | 61 | 32 | 24 |
| 57 | Santa Clara | Santa Clara | 132,545 | 340 | 256.5 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 20 |
| 58 | Daly City | San Mateo | 101,859 | 254 | 249.4 | 8 | 34 | 7 | 20 |
| 59 | Clovis | Fresno | 127,662 | 315 | 246.8 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 23 |
| 60 | Menifee | Riverside | 113,521 | 280 | 246.7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 24 |
| 61 | Elk Grove | Sacramento | 181,077 | 428 | 236.4 | 7 | 28 | 46 | 19 |
| 62 | Chico | Butte | 106,465 | 211 | 198.2 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 16 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redlands | San Bernardino | 73,738 | 541 | 733.7 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 30 |
| 2 | Colton | San Bernardino | 53,304 | 381 | 714.8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Diamond Bar | Los Angeles | 53,862 | 373 | 692.5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | 85,557 | 529 | 618.3 | 4 | 46 | 146 | 34 |
| 5 | Upland | San Bernardino | 78,985 | 477 | 603.9 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 33 |
| 6 | Baldwin Park | Los Angeles | 70,761 | 401 | 566.7 | 0 | 23 | 25 | 23 |
| 7 | National City | San Diego | 58,388 | 329 | 563.5 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Glendora | Los Angeles | 51,403 | 287 | 558.3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | La Mesa | San Diego | 61,768 | 329 | 532.6 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 24 |
| 10 | Arcadia | Los Angeles | 56,285 | 293 | 520.6 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 15 |
| 11 | San Rafael | Marin | 60,279 | 303 | 502.7 | 2 | 44 | 32 | 19 |
| 12 | Santa Monica | Los Angeles | 93,739 | 471 | 502.5 | 3 | 83 | 52 | 61 |
| 13 | West Sacramento | Yolo | 54,812 | 271 | 494.4 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
| 14 | Montebello | Los Angeles | 62,208 | 307 | 493.5 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 22 |
| 15 | Paramount | Los Angeles | 52,632 | 259 | 492.1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| 16 | Newport Beach | Orange | 83,293 | 409 | 491.0 | 6 | 43 | 58 | 35 |
| 17 | Bellflower | Los Angeles | 76,864 | 372 | 484.0 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 23 |
| 18 | Mountain View | Santa Clara | 86,569 | 413 | 477.1 | 1 | 30 | 33 | 15 |
| 19 | Walnut Creek | Contra Costa | 70,722 | 336 | 475.1 | 4 | 24 | 27 | 31 |
| 20 | Camarillo | Ventura | 69,479 | 328 | 472.1 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 17 |
| 21 | Monterey Park | Los Angeles | 60,010 | 282 | 469.9 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 9 |
| 22 | Chino | San Bernardino | 93,775 | 436 | 464.9 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 26 |
| 23 | South Gate | Los Angeles | 93,395 | 434 | 464.7 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 32 |
| 24 | Whittier | Los Angeles | 88,343 | 409 | 463.0 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 28 |
| 25 | Lakewood | Los Angeles | 80,713 | 373 | 462.1 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 26 |
| 26 | Rosemead | Los Angeles | 51,055 | 234 | 458.3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 11 |
| 27 | Turlock | Stanislaus | 72,223 | 327 | 452.8 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 14 |
| 28 | Porterville | Tulare | 63,774 | 287 | 450.0 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 19 |
| 29 | Redding | Shasta | 93,569 | 418 | 446.7 | 9 | 37 | 29 | 33 |
| 30 | Carson | Los Angeles | 92,246 | 410 | 444.5 | 8 | 33 | 21 | 25 |
| 31 | Huntington Park | Los Angeles | 53,429 | 237 | 443.6 | 3 | 27 | 26 | 19 |
| 32 | Tustin | Orange | 79,683 | 352 | 441.8 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 21 |
| 33 | Livermore | Alameda | 86,447 | 363 | 419.9 | 6 | 14 | 28 | 21 |
| 34 | South San Francisco | San Mateo | 64,852 | 272 | 419.4 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 22 |
| 35 | Palm Desert | Riverside | 51,356 | 215 | 418.6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| 36 | San Leandro | Alameda | 87,666 | 362 | 412.9 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 8 |
| 37 | Pleasanton | Alameda | 76,863 | 317 | 412.4 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 19 |
| 38 | Alhambra | Los Angeles | 82,592 | 334 | 404.4 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 19 |
| 39 | Yuba City | Sutter | 70,456 | 280 | 397.4 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 15 |
| 40 | Hawthorne | Los Angeles | 86,160 | 342 | 396.9 | 1 | 44 | 34 | 30 |
| 41 | Redwood City | San Mateo | 82,171 | 324 | 394.3 | 4 | 33 | 43 | 15 |
| 42 | Perris | Riverside | 80,274 | 311 | 387.4 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 25 |
| 43 | Novato | Marin | 52,147 | 198 | 379.7 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 12 |
| 44 | Merced | Merced | 93,164 | 351 | 376.8 | 11 | 50 | 30 | 22 |
| 45 | Hemet | Riverside | 91,001 | 342 | 375.8 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 19 |
| 46 | La Habra | Orange | 61,500 | 225 | 365.9 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 |
| 47 | Lynwood | Los Angeles | 66,469 | 242 | 364.1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 48 | San Jacinto | Riverside | 54,369 | 188 | 345.8 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 11 |
| 49 | Compton | Los Angeles | 94,283 | 325 | 344.7 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 16 |
| 50 | San Marcos | San Diego | 97,408 | 335 | 343.9 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 30 |
| 51 | Redondo Beach | Los Angeles | 68,795 | 232 | 337.2 | 3 | 22 | 43 | 15 |
| 52 | Citrus Heights | Sacramento | 87,014 | 292 | 335.6 | 4 | 25 | 32 | 19 |
| 53 | Encinitas | San Diego | 62,042 | 205 | 330.4 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 17 |
| 54 | San Clemente | Orange | 63,285 | 203 | 320.8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 23 |
| 55 | Napa | Napa | 77,517 | 247 | 318.6 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 8 |
| 56 | Mission Viejo | Orange | 91,484 | 290 | 317.0 | 6 | 12 | 27 | 17 |
| 57 | Rancho Cordova | Sacramento | 82,716 | 261 | 315.5 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 16 |
| 58 | Milpitas | Santa Clara | 81,865 | 258 | 315.1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 14 |
| 59 | Pico Rivera | Los Angeles | 61,272 | 187 | 305.2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 |
| 60 | Manteca | San Joaquin | 92,521 | 279 | 301.6 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| 61 | Lake Elsinore | Riverside | 72,411 | 218 | 301.1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 62 | Gilroy | Santa Clara | 61,268 | 183 | 298.7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 9 |
| 63 | Placentia | Orange | 52,761 | 155 | 293.8 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 64 | Yucaipa | San Bernardino | 54,552 | 157 | 287.8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| 65 | Apple Valley | San Bernardino | 75,463 | 210 | 278.3 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 26 |
| 66 | Highland | San Bernardino | 56,203 | 155 | 275.8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| 67 | Madera | Madera | 68,312 | 185 | 270.8 | 6 | 30 | 20 | 8 |
| 68 | Alameda | Alameda | 79,996 | 215 | 268.8 | 1 | 34 | 42 | 14 |
| 69 | Union City | Alameda | 67,208 | 178 | 264.9 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 18 |
| 70 | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | 63,049 | 165 | 261.7 | 1 | 24 | 79 | 13 |
| 71 | Davis | Yolo | 65,670 | 171 | 260.4 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 10 |
| 72 | Pittsburg | Contra Costa | 76,139 | 195 | 256.1 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
| 73 | Buena Park | Orange | 83,278 | 212 | 254.6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 17 |
| 74 | Cupertino | Santa Clara | 59,667 | 151 | 253.1 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 13 |
| 75 | Watsonville | Santa Cruz | 50,834 | 127 | 249.8 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 6 |
| 76 | Woodland | Yolo | 61,257 | 153 | 249.8 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| 77 | Tracy | San Joaquin | 97,391 | 241 | 247.5 | 2 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| 78 | Cathedral City | Riverside | 51,688 | 123 | 238.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 79 | Brentwood | Contra Costa | 65,689 | 155 | 236.0 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 16 |
| 80 | Eastvale | Riverside | 69,958 | 162 | 231.6 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| 81 | Folsom | Sacramento | 89,475 | 199 | 222.4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 18 |
| 82 | Lake Forest | Orange | 87,835 | 195 | 222.0 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 19 |
| 83 | Westminster | Orange | 90,413 | 200 | 221.2 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
| 84 | Rocklin | Placer | 73,235 | 154 | 210.3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 6 |
| 85 | Hanford | Kings | 59,722 | 124 | 207.6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| 86 | Covina | Los Angeles | 50,673 | 103 | 203.3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 87 | Palo Alto | Santa Clara | 68,280 | 138 | 202.1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| 88 | Delano | Kern | 52,463 | 106 | 202.1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 89 | Indio | Riverside | 92,047 | 183 | 198.8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| 90 | Dublin | Alameda | 74,133 | 147 | 198.3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 6 |
| 91 | Laguna Niguel | Orange | 64,743 | 128 | 197.7 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 7 |
| 92 | Petaluma | Sonoma | 58,903 | 116 | 196.9 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
| 93 | Aliso Viejo | Orange | 50,596 | 94 | 185.8 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| 94 | Lodi | San Joaquin | 68,047 | 124 | 182.2 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| 95 | San Ramon | Contra Costa | 83,705 | 148 | 176.8 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 7 |
| 96 | Chino Hills | San Bernardino | 77,510 | 121 | 156.1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 97 | Beaumont | Riverside | 58,248 | 85 | 145.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 98 | Yorba Linda | Orange | 66,801 | 86 | 128.7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| 99 | Fountain Valley | Orange | 56,780 | 62 | 109.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 100 | Poway | San Diego | 50,077 | 54 | 107.8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| 101 | Santee | San Diego | 60,201 | 56 | 93.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 102 | Tulare | Tulare | 70,971 | 62 | 87.4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 103 | Lincoln | Placer | 54,316 | 44 | 81.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 104 | Gardena | Los Angeles | 60,588 | 6 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills daytime pop | Los Angeles | 32,242 | 453 | 1,405.0 | 0 | 41 | 34 | 37 |
| 2 | West Hollywood | Los Angeles | 35,402 | 277 | 782.4 | 1 | 49 | 16 | 34 |
| 3 | Eureka | Humboldt | 26,366 | 201 | 762.4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Montclair | San Bernardino | 37,598 | 275 | 731.4 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 20 |
| 5 | Culver City | Los Angeles | 40,597 | 281 | 692.2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 32 |
| 6 | Cerritos | Los Angeles | 48,027 | 306 | 637.1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| 7 | Palm Springs | Riverside | 44,154 | 266 | 602.4 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 23 |
| 8 | Menlo Park | San Mateo | 33,266 | 194 | 583.2 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 7 |
| 9 | Bell | Los Angeles | 33,424 | 186 | 556.5 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 |
| 10 | Monterey | Monterey | 27,001 | 147 | 544.4 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | Monrovia | Los Angeles | 38,455 | 201 | 522.7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| 12 | Goleta | Santa Barbara | 32,590 | 170 | 521.6 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 15 |
| 13 | San Dimas | Los Angeles | 34,098 | 172 | 504.4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 14 | Lemon Grove | San Diego | 28,068 | 139 | 495.2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | Lathrop | San Joaquin | 36,971 | 179 | 484.2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
| 16 | San Gabriel | Los Angeles | 39,026 | 188 | 481.7 | 0 | 26 | 30 | 6 |
| 17 | Claremont | Los Angeles | 38,374 | 184 | 479.5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| 18 | Norco | Riverside | 25,269 | 119 | 470.9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 19 | Laguna Hills | Orange | 30,641 | 143 | 466.7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 20 | Ceres | Stanislaus | 49,392 | 229 | 463.6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 7 |
| 21 | Lawndale | Los Angeles | 31,150 | 144 | 462.3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5 |
| 22 | Riverbank | Stanislaus | 25,302 | 115 | 454.5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 23 | San Juan Capistrano | Orange | 35,370 | 156 | 441.1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
| 24 | San Pablo | Contra Costa | 31,488 | 128 | 406.5 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| 25 | Burlingame | San Mateo | 30,631 | 124 | 404.8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| 26 | Pleasant Hill | Contra Costa | 33,636 | 134 | 398.4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 27 | Bell Gardens | Los Angeles | 38,688 | 152 | 392.9 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 |
| 28 | Brea | Orange | 48,231 | 185 | 383.6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| 29 | Suisun City | Solano | 29,311 | 110 | 375.3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 30 | Banning | Riverside | 31,433 | 112 | 356.3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 7 |
| 31 | La Verne | Los Angeles | 31,402 | 111 | 353.5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 8 |
| 32 | Lafayette | Contra Costa | 25,282 | 89 | 352.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo | 48,869 | 170 | 347.9 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 17 |
| 34 | Los Gatos | Santa Clara | 33,383 | 116 | 347.5 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 7 |
| 35 | Dana Point | Orange | 32,665 | 113 | 345.9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 |
| 36 | San Bruno | San Mateo | 42,241 | 144 | 340.9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| 37 | East Palo Alto | San Mateo | 29,193 | 99 | 339.1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 4 |
| 38 | Stanton | Orange | 40,580 | 136 | 335.1 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 9 |
| 39 | Paso Robles | San Luis Obispo | 30,935 | 100 | 323.3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| 40 | La Puente | Los Angeles | 37,430 | 113 | 301.9 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 |
| 41 | La Quinta | Riverside | 39,003 | 112 | 287.2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 |
| 42 | Cypress | Orange | 49,836 | 143 | 286.9 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 9 |
| 43 | Coachella | Riverside | 43,957 | 126 | 286.6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| 44 | Moorpark | Ventura | 34,898 | 99 | 283.7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 45 | Loma Linda | San Bernardino | 25,395 | 72 | 283.5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 |
| 46 | Manhattan Beach | Los Angeles | 34,588 | 98 | 283.3 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 8 |
| 47 | Desert Hot Springs | Riverside | 33,185 | 94 | 283.3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| 48 | Atwater | Merced | 31,850 | 90 | 282.6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| 49 | Newark | Alameda | 48,552 | 134 | 276.0 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 6 |
| 50 | Barstow | San Bernardino | 25,028 | 69 | 275.7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 51 | Benicia | Solano | 26,362 | 72 | 273.1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 52 | Martinez | Contra Costa | 36,733 | 98 | 266.8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 53 | Foster City | San Mateo | 32,597 | 86 | 263.8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 54 | San Carlos | San Mateo | 29,371 | 75 | 255.3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| 55 | Campbell | Santa Clara | 43,126 | 107 | 248.1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 9 |
| 56 | Lompoc | Santa Barbara | 43,530 | 108 | 248.1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 8 |
| 57 | Santa Paula | Ventura | 31,574 | 77 | 243.9 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| 58 | Atascadero | San Luis Obispo | 30,306 | 71 | 234.3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 59 | South Pasadena | Los Angeles | 26,498 | 62 | 234.0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
| 60 | Morgan Hill | Santa Clara | 46,593 | 109 | 233.9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| 61 | Pacifica | San Mateo | 37,211 | 87 | 233.8 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 12 |
| 62 | Temple City | Los Angeles | 36,332 | 84 | 231.2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| 63 | Azusa | Los Angeles | 49,496 | 112 | 226.3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| 64 | Saratoga | Santa Clara | 30,975 | 69 | 222.8 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
| 65 | Walnut | Los Angeles | 28,119 | 62 | 220.5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 66 | Hollister | San Benito | 43,434 | 95 | 218.7 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 |
| 67 | Belmont | San Mateo | 27,046 | 59 | 218.2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 68 | Galt | Sacramento | 26,161 | 57 | 217.9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 69 | Ridgecrest | Kern | 28,546 | 62 | 217.2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 70 | Seaside | Monterey | 30,026 | 65 | 216.5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 71 | Wildomar | Riverside | 37,066 | 80 | 215.8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 72 | El Cerrito | Contra Costa | 26,241 | 55 | 209.6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 73 | La Mirada | Los Angeles | 48,358 | 98 | 202.7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 74 | Imperial Beach | San Diego | 26,372 | 53 | 201.0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 |
| 75 | Rohnert Park | Sonoma | 44,107 | 82 | 185.9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 76 | Hercules | Contra Costa | 26,445 | 48 | 181.5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | Patterson | Stanislaus | 25,114 | 39 | 155.3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | Windsor | Sonoma | 25,556 | 39 | 152.6 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 79 | Rancho Santa Margarita | Orange | 46,820 | 71 | 151.6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| 80 | Dinuba | Tulare | 25,931 | 39 | 150.4 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 81 | El Centro | Imperial | 45,475 | 68 | 149.5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 82 | Danville | Contra Costa | 43,155 | 64 | 148.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Wasco | Kern | 26,975 | 35 | 129.8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| 84 | Sanger | Fresno | 26,648 | 33 | 123.8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 85 | Adelanto | San Bernardino | 36,659 | 43 | 117.3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 86 | Twentynine Palms | San Bernardino | 25,605 | 28 | 109.3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 87 | Reedley | Fresno | 25,941 | 28 | 107.9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | Oakley | Contra Costa | 46,321 | 49 | 105.8 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| 89 | Los Banos | Merced | 48,101 | 47 | 97.7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 90 | Lemoore | Kings | 27,062 | 22 | 81.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 91 | Soledad | Monterey | 26,842 | 21 | 78.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 92 | Los Altos | Santa Clara | 31,556 | 20 | 63.4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 93 | Brawley | Imperial | 28,666 | 14 | 48.8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | Calexico | Imperial | 39,711 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commerce daytime pop | Los Angeles | 12,229 | 316 | 2,584.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 2 | Santa Fe Springs daytime pop | Los Angeles | 18,832 | 404 | 2,145.3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 3 | Signal Hill daytime pop | Los Angeles | 11,486 | 165 | 1,436.5 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
| 4 | Malibu daytime pop | Los Angeles | 10,701 | 109 | 1,018.6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Los Alamitos daytime pop | Orange | 12,056 | 97 | 804.6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Emeryville | Alameda | 13,564 | 98 | 722.5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 6 |
| 7 | South El Monte | Los Angeles | 19,522 | 120 | 614.7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | Oroville | Butte | 20,271 | 119 | 587.0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Calimesa | Riverside | 11,036 | 56 | 507.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Rancho Mirage | Riverside | 17,157 | 84 | 489.6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Laguna Beach | Orange | 22,555 | 109 | 483.3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| 12 | Marysville | Yuba | 12,715 | 61 | 479.8 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Artesia | Los Angeles | 16,064 | 73 | 454.4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 14 | El Segundo | Los Angeles | 17,042 | 75 | 440.1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | Calabasas | Los Angeles | 22,954 | 100 | 435.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Coronado | San Diego | 21,822 | 92 | 421.6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 17 | Sonoma | Sonoma | 10,606 | 44 | 414.9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 18 | Larkspur | Marin | 12,804 | 53 | 413.9 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| 19 | Clearlake | Lake | 16,476 | 67 | 406.6 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | Albany | Alameda | 20,525 | 83 | 404.4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| 21 | San Marino | Los Angeles | 12,520 | 50 | 399.4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Orinda | Contra Costa | 19,463 | 77 | 395.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Seal Beach | Orange | 24,787 | 98 | 395.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 24 | La Palma | Orange | 15,235 | 60 | 393.8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 25 | South Lake Tahoe | El Dorado | 21,455 | 80 | 372.9 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 18 |
| 26 | San Fernando | Los Angeles | 23,889 | 87 | 364.2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Anderson | Shasta | 11,092 | 40 | 360.6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Hawaiian Gardens | Los Angeles | 13,580 | 45 | 331.4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| 29 | Truckee | Nevada | 16,846 | 54 | 320.6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | Auburn | Placer | 13,517 | 43 | 318.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Duarte | Los Angeles | 23,709 | 75 | 316.3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | Yucca Valley | San Bernardino | 21,875 | 69 | 315.4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| 33 | Millbrae | San Mateo | 23,179 | 71 | 306.3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
| 34 | Dixon | Solano | 19,719 | 60 | 304.3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | San Anselmo | Marin | 12,569 | 38 | 302.3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| 36 | Red Bluff | Tehama | 14,429 | 42 | 291.1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | Agoura Hills | Los Angeles | 19,768 | 57 | 288.3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | Marina | Monterey | 22,626 | 65 | 287.3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| 39 | Pinole | Contra Costa | 18,477 | 52 | 281.4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Fillmore | Ventura | 17,177 | 48 | 279.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | Mill Valley | Marin | 13,808 | 37 | 268.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 42 | Half Moon Bay | San Mateo | 11,281 | 30 | 265.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 43 | Selma | Fresno | 24,439 | 64 | 261.9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 44 | Arroyo Grande | San Luis Obispo | 17,954 | 47 | 261.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| 45 | Morro Bay | San Luis Obispo | 10,322 | 27 | 261.6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | Ripon | San Joaquin | 16,071 | 42 | 261.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 47 | Port Hueneme | Ventura | 20,855 | 54 | 258.9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 48 | La Canada-Flintridge | Los Angeles | 20,093 | 52 | 258.8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 49 | Grand Terrace | San Bernardino | 12,956 | 33 | 254.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 50 | Solana Beach | San Diego | 13,078 | 33 | 252.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 51 | Kingsburg | Fresno | 13,193 | 32 | 242.6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 52 | Livingston | Merced | 14,446 | 34 | 235.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 53 | Arcata | Humboldt | 18,712 | 44 | 235.1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 |
| 54 | Healdsburg | Sonoma | 11,126 | 26 | 233.7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 55 | Hermosa Beach | Los Angeles | 19,302 | 45 | 233.1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 56 | Maywood | Los Angeles | 24,662 | 56 | 227.1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 57 | Oakdale | Stanislaus | 23,226 | 52 | 223.9 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| 58 | Farmersville | Tulare | 10,427 | 23 | 220.6 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 59 | Tehachapi | Kern | 11,123 | 24 | 215.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 60 | Placerville | El Dorado | 10,482 | 22 | 209.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 61 | Shafter | Kern | 22,249 | 46 | 206.8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 62 | Grass Valley | Nevada | 13,397 | 27 | 201.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 63 | Ukiah | Mendocino | 16,150 | 32 | 198.1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 64 | Corcoran | Kings | 21,735 | 43 | 197.8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 | Cudahy | Los Angeles | 22,334 | 43 | 192.5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 66 | King City | Monterey | 14,065 | 25 | 177.8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 67 | Arvin | Kern | 19,732 | 31 | 157.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 68 | Carpinteria | Santa Barbara | 12,739 | 20 | 157.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | Susanville | Lassen | 11,604 | 18 | 155.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | American Canyon | Napa | 21,857 | 33 | 151.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 71 | California City | Kern | 13,109 | 19 | 144.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 72 | Hillsborough | San Mateo | 11,195 | 16 | 142.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 73 | Lindsay | Tulare | 12,805 | 17 | 132.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 74 | Scotts Valley | Santa Cruz | 11,762 | 15 | 127.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | Pacific Grove | Monterey | 14,985 | 18 | 120.1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 76 | Piedmont | Alameda | 10,866 | 13 | 119.6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Laguna Woods | Orange | 17,210 | 20 | 116.2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 78 | Palos Verdes Est | Los Angeles | 13,102 | 15 | 114.5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 79 | Kerman | Fresno | 17,309 | 19 | 109.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 80 | Newman | Stanislaus | 12,266 | 12 | 97.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 81 | Greenfield | Monterey | 20,280 | 19 | 93.7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Blythe | Riverside | 17,701 | 16 | 90.4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Chowchilla | Madera | 19,219 | 17 | 88.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | Grover Beach | San Luis Obispo | 12,528 | 11 | 87.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 85 | Shasta Lake | Shasta | 10,252 | 9 | 87.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | Sierra Madre | Los Angeles | 11,028 | 9 | 81.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | Mendota | Fresno | 12,671 | 10 | 78.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Clayton | Contra Costa | 10,835 | 4 | 36.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Moraga | Contra Costa | 17,030 | 6 | 35.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | Avenal | Kings | 14,056 | 4 | 28.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Canyon Lake | Riverside | 10,992 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 92 | Parlier | Fresno | 14,555 | 3 | 20.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | Imperial | Imperial | 22,395 | 4 | 17.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Coalinga | Fresno | 17,220 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | Rio Vista | Solano | 10,154 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 96 | Exeter | Tulare | 10,306 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Mcfarland | Kern | 13,925 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pismo Beach daytime pop | San Luis Obispo | 7,853 | 60 | 764.0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 | Del Mar daytime pop | San Diego | 3,928 | 29 | 738.3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | Brisbane | San Mateo | 4,678 | 32 | 684.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Woodside | San Mateo | 5,151 | 35 | 679.5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| 5 | Avalon | Los Angeles | 3,447 | 21 | 609.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Sonora | Tuolumne | 5,270 | 29 | 550.3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Bishop | Inyo | 3,851 | 21 | 545.3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | Taft | Kern | 6,909 | 37 | 535.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Indian Wells | Riverside | 4,819 | 25 | 518.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Sausalito | Marin | 6,929 | 35 | 505.1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 |
| 11 | Cotati | Sonoma | 7,348 | 37 | 503.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Big Bear Lake | San Bernardino | 4,983 | 25 | 501.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Ojai | Ventura | 7,578 | 38 | 501.4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 14 | Corte Madera | Marin | 9,992 | 49 | 490.4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
| 15 | Lakeport | Lake | 4,965 | 23 | 463.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Los Altos Hills | Santa Clara | 8,524 | 33 | 387.1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 17 | Paradise | Butte | 8,889 | 34 | 382.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Calistoga | Napa | 5,162 | 18 | 348.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Westlake Village | Los Angeles | 7,965 | 27 | 339.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Crescent City | Del Norte | 5,553 | 18 | 324.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Saint Helena | Napa | 5,326 | 17 | 319.2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | La Habra Heights | Los Angeles | 5,539 | 17 | 306.9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Wheatland | Yuba | 3,914 | 12 | 306.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Escalon | San Joaquin | 7,400 | 22 | 297.3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Fowler | Fresno | 7,447 | 21 | 282.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Fort Bragg | Mendocino | 7,220 | 19 | 263.2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Buellton | Santa Barbara | 4,970 | 13 | 261.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Carmel | Monterey | 3,114 | 8 | 256.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Capitola | Santa Cruz | 9,734 | 25 | 256.8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| 30 | Loomis | Placer | 6,767 | 17 | 251.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Gridley | Butte | 7,510 | 18 | 239.7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Gustine | Merced | 5,987 | 14 | 233.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Sutter Creek | Amador | 2,600 | 6 | 230.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Solvang | Santa Barbara | 5,658 | 12 | 212.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Nevada City | Nevada | 3,342 | 7 | 209.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Needles | San Bernardino | 4,804 | 10 | 208.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Mount Shasta | Siskiyou | 3,172 | 6 | 189.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Woodlake | Tulare | 7,811 | 14 | 179.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Fairfax | Marin | 7,464 | 13 | 174.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Waterford | Stanislaus | 9,235 | 16 | 173.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 41 | Angels Camp | Calaveras | 3,545 | 6 | 169.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Monte Sereno | Santa Clara | 3,596 | 6 | 166.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 43 | Portola Valley | San Mateo | 4,302 | 7 | 162.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 44 | Yountville | Napa | 2,628 | 4 | 152.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Villa Park | Orange | 5,764 | 8 | 138.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | Williams | Colusa | 5,602 | 7 | 125.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Sebastopol | Sonoma | 7,339 | 9 | 122.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | Winters | Yolo | 7,660 | 9 | 117.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 49 | Hughson | Stanislaus | 7,834 | 9 | 114.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Colusa | Colusa | 6,533 | 7 | 107.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Gonzales | Monterey | 8,423 | 9 | 106.8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | Guadalupe | Santa Barbara | 8,574 | 9 | 105.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 53 | Orland | Glenn | 8,569 | 8 | 93.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | Live Oak | Sutter | 9,681 | 9 | 93.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | Dos Palos | Merced | 5,716 | 5 | 87.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Cloverdale | Sonoma | 8,767 | 7 | 79.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Weed | Siskiyou | 2,699 | 2 | 74.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Tiburon | Marin | 8,905 | 6 | 67.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Ione | Amador | 8,872 | 5 | 56.4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | Yreka | Siskiyou | 7,728 | 4 | 51.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | Atherton | San Mateo | 7,002 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | Jackson | Amador | 4,967 | 1 | 20.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Mammoth Lakes | Mono | 7,220 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | Firebaugh | Fresno | 8,474 | 1 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| # | City | County | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Ped | Bike | Moto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vernon daytime pop | Los Angeles | 206 | 154 | 74,757.3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Industry daytime pop | Los Angeles | 421 | 190 | 45,130.6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 |
| 3 | Irwindale daytime pop | Los Angeles | 1,513 | 187 | 12,359.5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Tehama daytime pop | Tehama | 425 | 4 | 941.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Amador City | Amador | 185 | 1 | 540.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Isleton | Sacramento | 772 | 4 | 518.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Colfax | Placer | 2,033 | 6 | 295.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sand City | Monterey | 384 | 1 | 260.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dorris | Siskiyou | 828 | 2 | 241.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ross | Marin | 2,299 | 5 | 217.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Montague | Siskiyou | 1,186 | 2 | 168.6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | San Juan Bautista | San Benito | 2,079 | 3 | 144.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Dunsmuir | Siskiyou | 1,638 | 2 | 122.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Colma | San Mateo | 1,413 | 1 | 70.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Del Rey Oaks | Monterey | 1,548 | 1 | 64.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Portola | Plumas | 2,138 | 1 | 46.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cities marked “daytime pop”. A few California cities have very small resident populations and very large working or visiting populations – industrial cities such as Vernon and the City of Industry, commercial and tourist centers such as Beverly Hills and Pismo Beach. Their rate per resident is arithmetically correct and misleading, because the resident count does not include all commuters and visitors using those roads.
They are flagged, not removed. Any city whose rate exceeds three times its group median is flagged automatically: Beverly Hills (32,242 residents); Commerce (12,229 residents); Del Mar (3,928 residents); Industry (421 residents); Irwindale (1,513 residents); Los Alamitos (12,056 residents); Malibu (10,701 residents); Pismo Beach (7,853 residents); Santa Fe Springs (18,832 residents); Signal Hill (11,486 residents); Tehama (425 residents); Vernon (206 residents).
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
2024 · Fatal and injury accidents. Counts and resident-based rates do not measure personal risk. Provisional.* Source notes
All 58 California counties, ranked by traffic deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024. The counts and population denominators are shown together; these data do not establish why county rates differ.
Counties marked “small pop”. 21 California counties have fewer than 100,000 residents, and in the smallest a single death moves the rate enormously – Alpine County’s rate comes from one death among 1,185 people. They are listed in full but excluded from the headline claims, where Kern County leads with 21.4 deaths per 100,000 across 197 deaths.
| # | County | Population | Collisions | Fatalities | Deaths per 100k | Ped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpine small pop | 1,185 | 41 | 1 | 84.4 | 1 |
| 2 | Inyo small pop | 18,848 | 132 | 15 | 79.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Modoc small pop | 8,509 | 42 | 4 | 47.0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mono small pop | 12,841 | 90 | 6 | 46.7 | 0 |
| 5 | Trinity small pop | 15,909 | 98 | 6 | 37.7 | 1 |
| 6 | Lake small pop | 66,861 | 333 | 25 | 37.4 | 24 |
| 7 | Colusa small pop | 22,051 | 133 | 8 | 36.3 | 2 |
| 8 | Glenn small pop | 28,851 | 117 | 10 | 34.7 | 2 |
| 9 | Sierra small pop | 3,176 | 23 | 1 | 31.5 | 0 |
| 10 | Calaveras small pop | 44,833 | 225 | 13 | 29.0 | 7 |
| 11 | Siskiyou small pop | 43,416 | 187 | 11 | 25.3 | 4 |
| 12 | Tehama small pop | 65,052 | 265 | 16 | 24.6 | 12 |
| 13 | Del Norte small pop | 26,284 | 146 | 6 | 22.8 | 5 |
| 14 | Kern | 918,719 | 3,867 | 197 | 21.4 | 275 |
| 15 | Madera | 162,839 | 750 | 33 | 20.3 | 42 |
| 16 | Sutter | 100,344 | 522 | 20 | 19.9 | 29 |
| 17 | Kings | 153,491 | 580 | 30 | 19.6 | 24 |
| 18 | Humboldt | 133,735 | 560 | 26 | 19.4 | 39 |
| 19 | Shasta | 181,517 | 765 | 34 | 18.7 | 47 |
| 20 | Tuolumne small pop | 54,391 | 319 | 10 | 18.4 | 14 |
| 21 | San Joaquin | 804,898 | 4,115 | 143 | 17.8 | 223 |
| 22 | Yuba small pop | 85,165 | 421 | 15 | 17.6 | 27 |
| 23 | Amador small pop | 40,055 | 174 | 7 | 17.5 | 4 |
| 24 | Mendocino small pop | 89,416 | 341 | 15 | 16.8 | 22 |
| 25 | Fresno | 1,029,282 | 3,759 | 171 | 16.6 | 244 |
| 26 | Stanislaus | 554,185 | 3,363 | 92 | 16.6 | 202 |
| 27 | San Benito small pop | 66,807 | 305 | 11 | 16.5 | 13 |
| 28 | Butte | 207,993 | 804 | 34 | 16.4 | 69 |
| 29 | San Bernardino | 2,201,878 | 10,519 | 354 | 16.1 | 579 |
| 30 | Merced | 291,226 | 1,403 | 46 | 15.8 | 89 |
| 31 | Tulare | 484,544 | 2,040 | 72 | 14.9 | 101 |
| 32 | Imperial | 184,694 | 503 | 25 | 13.5 | 16 |
| 33 | Mariposa small pop | 16,961 | 78 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 |
| 34 | Riverside | 2,477,373 | 10,617 | 283 | 11.4 | 504 |
| 35 | Lassen small pop | 27,720 | 120 | 3 | 10.8 | 5 |
| 36 | San Luis Obispo | 278,646 | 1,024 | 30 | 10.8 | 40 |
| 37 | Plumas small pop | 18,707 | 81 | 2 | 10.7 | 2 |
| 38 | Monterey | 434,208 | 1,781 | 45 | 10.4 | 132 |
| 39 | Sacramento | 1,600,332 | 8,449 | 159 | 9.9 | 570 |
| 40 | San Diego | 3,318,648 | 14,218 | 312 | 9.4 | 1078 |
| 41 | Solano | 451,828 | 1,922 | 42 | 9.3 | 114 |
| 42 | Placer | 421,915 | 1,670 | 39 | 9.2 | 60 |
| 43 | Napa | 135,384 | 647 | 12 | 8.9 | 40 |
| 44 | Santa Barbara | 443,086 | 2,017 | 38 | 8.6 | 114 |
| 45 | Yolo | 223,460 | 989 | 19 | 8.5 | 46 |
| 46 | El Dorado | 189,997 | 766 | 16 | 8.4 | 25 |
| 47 | Los Angeles | 9,882,296 | 42,727 | 767 | 7.8 | 3889 |
| 48 | Ventura | 828,442 | 3,907 | 60 | 7.2 | 213 |
| 49 | Sonoma | 481,960 | 1,730 | 34 | 7.0 | 90 |
| 50 | Nevada | 100,720 | 391 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 |
| 51 | Alameda | 1,661,452 | 7,334 | 110 | 6.6 | 627 |
| 52 | Orange | 3,169,815 | 12,820 | 208 | 6.6 | 827 |
| 53 | Santa Cruz | 263,370 | 1,116 | 17 | 6.5 | 76 |
| 54 | San Francisco | 841,228 | 3,513 | 51 | 6.1 | 678 |
| 55 | Contra Costa | 1,163,060 | 3,783 | 70 | 6.0 | 270 |
| 56 | Santa Clara | 1,915,448 | 6,632 | 98 | 5.1 | 484 |
| 57 | Marin | 253,632 | 1,076 | 12 | 4.7 | 78 |
| 58 | San Mateo | 744,152 | 2,698 | 31 | 4.2 | 223 |
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
2021–2025 · Fatalities count people, not accidents. These ratios do not measure travel exposure. Source notes
Road records cover 2021-2025.* A freeway and a residential street are not the same kind of road, and ranking them together tells you only which carries more traffic. These are split by class, using the state highway indicator on every collision record, and each is ranked by volume with a second column that describes severity: deaths per 100 fatal or injury accidents. It is not an exposure-adjusted risk measure.
Higher deaths per recorded accident on state-highway sections. The 4,016 retained state-highway road sections carried 240,504 collisions and 6,735 deaths from 2021 through 2025 – 2.8 deaths per 100 collisions. The 20,649 local streets carried more collisions, 433,505, and more deaths, 9,667, but at a lower 2.23 per 100. Counts cover 2021-2025 and exclude property-damage-only accidents. Sections with mixed highway/local coding remain separate from these two comparisons.
| # | Road | City | Collisions | Fatalities | Deaths per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US-101 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 4,930 | 32 | 0.6 |
| 2 | I-405 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 3,641 | 23 | 0.6 |
| 3 | I-5 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 3,415 | 21 | 0.6 |
| 4 | I-110 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 2,804 | 7 | 0.2 |
| 5 | I-10 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 2,478 | 14 | 0.6 |
| 6 | SR-91 | Anaheim, Orange County | 2,344 | 29 | 1.2 |
| 7 | I-15 | Unincorporated, San Bernardino County | 2,174 | 76 | 3.5 |
| 8 | I-5 | San Diego, San Diego County | 1,773 | 7 | 0.4 |
| 9 | I-805 | San Diego, San Diego County | 1,506 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 10 | I-10 | Unincorporated, Riverside County | 1,452 | 15 | 1.0 |
| 11 | SR-60 | Unincorporated, Los Angeles County | 1,418 | 19 | 1.3 |
| 12 | SR-14 | Unincorporated, Los Angeles County | 1,396 | 20 | 1.4 |
| 13 | I-880 | Fremont, Alameda County | 1,374 | 16 | 1.2 |
| 14 | I-5 | Unincorporated, Los Angeles County | 1,326 | 17 | 1.3 |
| 15 | SR-91 | Riverside, Riverside County | 1,221 | 23 | 1.9 |
| 16 | SR-99 | Unincorporated, San Joaquin County | 1,200 | 38 | 3.2 |
| 17 | US-50 | Sacramento, Sacramento County | 1,199 | 20 | 1.7 |
| 18 | I-580 | Unincorporated, Alameda County | 1,185 | 10 | 0.8 |
| 19 | SR-91 | Corona, Riverside County | 1,168 | 26 | 2.2 |
| 20 | I-880 | Hayward, Alameda County | 1,083 | 8 | 0.7 |
| 21 | US-101 | San Jose, Santa Clara County | 1,059 | 43 | 4.1 |
| 22 | I-215 | Riverside, Riverside County | 1,054 | 8 | 0.8 |
| 23 | I-10 | Ontario, San Bernardino County | 1,048 | 3 | 0.3 |
| 24 | US-101 | Unincorporated, Monterey County | 1,041 | 33 | 3.2 |
| 25 | US-101 | Unincorporated, Santa Barbara County | 1,036 | 38 | 3.7 |
| # | Street | City | Collisions | Fatalities | Deaths per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WATT AVENUE | Unincorporated, Sacramento County | 1,037 | 29 | 2.8 |
| 2 | MISSION STREET | San Francisco, San Francisco County | 686 | 5 | 0.7 |
| 3 | FIGUEROA STREET | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 679 | 35 | 5.2 |
| 4 | MADISON AVENUE | Unincorporated, Sacramento County | 661 | 9 | 1.4 |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD | Oakland, Alameda County | 629 | 12 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 1ST STREET | Santa Ana, Orange County | 619 | 20 | 3.2 |
| 7 | WESTERN AVENUE | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 613 | 29 | 4.7 |
| 8 | BALL ROAD | Anaheim, Orange County | 597 | 5 | 0.8 |
| 9 | ATLANTIC AVENUE | Long Beach, Los Angeles County | 594 | 8 | 1.3 |
| 10 | LINCOLN AVENUE | Anaheim, Orange County | 561 | 4 | 0.7 |
| 11 | BRISTOL STREET | Santa Ana, Orange County | 558 | 11 | 2.0 |
| 12 | FAIR OAKS BOULEVARD | Unincorporated, Sacramento County | 538 | 12 | 2.2 |
| 13 | VERMONT AVENUE | Los Angeles, Los Angeles County | 536 | 28 | 5.2 |
| 14 | LONG BEACH BOULEVARD | Long Beach, Los Angeles County | 523 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 15 | VAN BUREN BOULEVARD | Riverside, Riverside County | 510 | 11 | 2.2 |
| 16 | EL CAJON BOULEVARD | San Diego, San Diego County | 499 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 17 | LA PALMA AVENUE | Anaheim, Orange County | 491 | 7 | 1.4 |
| 18 | UNIVERSITY AVENUE | San Diego, San Diego County | 478 | 2 | 0.4 |
| 19 | ELKHORN BOULEVARD | Unincorporated, Sacramento County | 473 | 16 | 3.4 |
| 20 | MAGNOLIA AVENUE | Riverside, Riverside County | 467 | 9 | 1.9 |
| 21 | MAIN STREET | Santa Ana, Orange County | 430 | 13 | 3.0 |
| 22 | PERRIS BOULEVARD | Moreno Valley, Riverside County | 429 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 23 | STOCKTON BOULEVARD | Sacramento, Sacramento County | 429 | 4 | 0.9 |
| 24 | WHITTIER BOULEVARD | Unincorporated, Los Angeles County | 424 | 5 | 1.2 |
| 25 | AVENUE J | Lancaster, Los Angeles County | 413 | 6 | 1.5 |
746,275 records across 27,755 displayed road sections, 2021-2025.* Sections are grouped within their recorded city and county, not across a whole statewide route. All spellings are normalized before applying a display minimum of three accidents. A road section needs at least 90% highway or local coding for either comparison; mixed and unknown coding stay separate. Counts are not adjusted for road length, traffic volume, reporting differences or accident mix. These measures do not establish which road is safest.
Archived benchmark: the annual, population/registration-rate and road figures in this section retain the June 2026 snapshot. They have not been refreshed to the September release. Any 2024 provisional labels describe that older extract.
2024 · Fatal and injury accidents. Counts and resident-based rates do not measure personal risk. Provisional.* Source notes
| Year | Population | Collisions | Per 100k | Fatalities | Deaths per 100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39,380,058 | 162,036 | 411.47 | 4,477 | 11.37 |
| 2022 | 39,159,480 | 161,289 | 411.88 | 4,537 | 11.59 |
| 2023 | 39,167,274 | 163,848 | 418.33 | 4,142 | 10.58 |
| 2024* | 39,446,835 | 169,048 | 428.55 | 3,924 | 9.95 |
| 2025* | 39,646,907 | 162,939 | 410.98 | 3,068 | 7.74 |
*2024 and 2025 figures remain provisional. The partial 2026 period is not included in this full-year table.
Recent-year comparisons. Current quarterly figures use the September 28, 2026 release. See the release notes below for the separate archived annual and road benchmarks. No full-year 2026 forecast is made.
Collision records are from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) at the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, University of California, Berkeley, drawn from the California Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). Population estimates are from the California Department of Finance, report E-5, 2020-2026 series. TIMS excludes property-damage-only crashes. All collision counts here mean fatal or injury crashes. Archived annual and road source files were retrieved on August 28, 2026. Current quarterly figures use the September 28 release.
The rate for a year uses the Department of Finance population estimate for 1 January of that year. Population groups follow the California Office of Traffic Safety convention. RMD’s measures and source snapshot can differ from OTS rankings, so the rankings are not interchangeable.
collision rate = collisions / population x 100,000fatality rate = fatalities / population x 100,000This report measures recorded collisions relative to resident population. It is not a measure of an individual driver’s risk, which depends on how far and where they drive.
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9 September 2026: clarified accident scope, provisional years, road periods and rate definitions; corrected place comparison text; added measure controls and category counts. Rebuilt road totals after grouping all spellings and excluded Q1 2026 from the annual road window. The underlying state totals are unchanged.
Source: Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, University of California, Berkeley; SWITRS. Population: California Department of Finance, E-5 Population and Housing Estimates 2020-2026. Retrieved August 2026.
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