New Map Shows CA's Most Dangerous Streets

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A new data-driven map revealed the most dangerous streets and intersections in California, where hundreds of pedestrians and bicyclists are killed each year.

The San Francisco Chronicle obtained data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System at UC Berkeley to build the interactive map. The system has gathered collision reports from every law enforcement agency in the Golden State. Those records include details on where a pedestrian or bicyclist was struck, details about the driver, victim, road conditions and other information.

The map allows a user to look up any city of street address in California. It shows the exact locations of deaths on streets across the state between 2020 and 2024.

Access the interactive map here.

Although the pandemic brought out the worst in drivers across the state, pedestrian deaths had been climbing for a decade, reaching a high of 1,429 deaths in 2022. That number scaled back to 1,208 in 2024, the last year data is available.

In 2021, a report from the Governors Highway Safety Association showed that seven states accounted for 54 percent of all pedestrian deaths during the pandemic. California led all U.S. states with 485 fatalities, followed by Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and New York. In 2019, California recorded 460 pedestrian deaths. That number rose to 485 during the first six months of 2020, a 5 percent increase from the year before.

Here are the counties with the highest pedestrian fatality averages per year between 2020 and 2024:

• Los Angeles: 296
• San Bernardino: 101
• San Diego: 95.2
• Riverside: 76.8
• Orange: 78
• Sacramento: 70.2
• Kern: 48.8
• Fresno: 43
• Santa Clara: 37.4
• Alameda: 30.6

Looking at per capita data, the deadliest area in the state was Lake County from 2020 to 2024, according to the report. The county had 38 pedestrian and bicyclist deaths per 100,000 residents. Counties that followed were Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino and Sacramento. The state's overall rate was 17, the Chronicle reported.

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