California by County
 Traffic Fatality Data 1991-2007

Numbers 1991-2007
Rates 1991-2007

Findings
+ The Rate of Traffic Deaths went down in all county groupings for the last 3 years: large, medium and small county .
For 1991-2007  county Alcohol go  here.


+ Traffic Deaths went down in 2007 compared to 2006 for large, medium and small county groups.

+ Medium and small Counties as a group have had a decrease in deaths for three years in a row.


+ Large Counties as a group were lower in 2007 then they had been for the last 3 years.


Green = Reduction three or more Years
Red = Increase three  or more years .


Year of Crash Table Total
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count
Population Size 1 Million + 2653 2391 2382 2383 2380 2269 2086 1876 1980 2091 2232 2233 2408 2379 2460 2469 2336 39008
100,000 to 999,999 1664 1497 1512 1536 1531 1463 1329 1360 1320 1389 1455 1572 1526 1449 1556 1462 1405 25026
Under 100,000 329 293 260 291 253 240 255 223 254 248 239 284 291 266 288 266 226 4506
Table Total 4646 4181 4154 4210 4164 3972 3670 3459 3554 3728 3926 4089 4225 4094 4304 4197 3967 68540

Population Size = 1 Million +


Year of Crash Table Total
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count

Alameda 122 125 106 100 106 107 91 88 90 114 111 112 113 103 102 98 106 1794
Contra Costa











71 67 76 91 70 375
Los Angeles 1077 950 910 969 972 863 764 624 683 749 768 728 816 750 745 801 759 13928
Orange 217 199 198 185 176 197 175 157 175 164 207 193 215 215 205 210 193 3281
Riverside 290 239 241 292 274 278 253 269 231 266 262 312 303 321 333 349 318 4831
Sacramento 132 135 150 129 124 113 152 88 117 117 147 143 150 131 160 127 141 2256
San Bernardino 336 339 367 349 357 333 312 300 297 318 334 334 357 409 425 397 354 5918
San Diego 373 296 300 273 258 259 229 250 284 260 290 299 290 294 308 300 295 4858
Santa Clara 106 108 110 86 113 119 110 100 103 103 113 112 93 89 106 96 100 1767
Table Total 2653 2391 2382 2383 2380 2269 2086 1876 1980 2091 2232 2233 2408 2379 2460 2469 2336 39008

Population Size = 100,000 to 999,999




Year of Crash Table Total
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count

Butte 36 36 32 27 32 29 41 51 32 27 38 46 29 33 37 34 37 597
Contra Costa 96 59 71 72 55 66 59 65 47 59 57 67




773
El Dorado 35 35 23 30 26 36 28 14 22 29 22 30 32 26 23 37 31 479
Fresno 252 215 197 181 176 185 152 143 200 126 149 183 209 150 166 154 158 2996
Humboldt 18 9 23 35 32 16 30 22 21 24 20 23 31 22 20 20 26 392
Imperial 40 50 40 36 42 35 64 62 35 53 45 49 45 56 46 42 42 782
Kern 186 163 171 162 154 142 135 118 131 150 143 163 178 142 177 198 156 2669
Kings 20 33 19 29 24 31 20 24 37 29 35 38 41 37 47 45 33 542
Madera

38 44 50 44 39 41 38 27 46 32 45 44 38 48 48 622
Marin 16 23 15 17 24 10 14 13 13 13 12 16 13 11 10 10 12 242
Merced 71 58 75 50 67 53 55 57 46 56 72 63 51 61 68 57 48 1008
Monterey 77 48 43 70 58 59 45 40 42 53 61 57 60 87 54 48 47 949
Napa 24 20 19 14 16 13 17 14 21 24 16 19 20 25 24 15 15 316
Placer 36 44 29 24 26 31 33 26 41 24 32 48 41 34 47 39 28 583
San Francisco 68 65 54 64 63 51 55 60 48 49 40 40 51 42 34 42 52 878
San Joaquin 138 92 118 122 129 103 88 93 95 110 120 160 101 126 123 117 106 1941
San Luis Obispo 44 30 39 42 30 32 29 39 48 31 44 41 34 46 54 41 53 677
San Mateo 42 53 48 42 42 44 43 42 35 45 33 45 38 40 39 43 28 702
Santa Barbara 53 46 34 43 43 49 35 39 34 32 38 33 41 41 71 46 50 728
Santa Cruz 30 21 21 20 17 20 23 26 10 19 25 24 25 17 23 21 26 368
Shasta 31 38 32 33 56 35 31 36 35 31 44 37 32 35 38 22 24 590
Solano 47 33 48 45 34 49 36 26 25 37 41 37 56 47 49 44 51 705
Sonoma 64 55 49 62 56 54 59 52 52 46 59 49 58 49 62 54 52 932
Stanislaus 72 67 72 71 69 69 61 56 67 78 85 89 90 80 95 81 82 1284
Tulare 81 103 99 91 108 103 58 125 67 107 81 99 100 99 116 98 93 1628
Ventura 62 80 72 83 80 71 61 58 59 87 73 66 79 70 71 82 74 1228
Yolo 25 21 31 27 22 33 18 18 19 23 24 18 26 29 24 24 33 415
Table Total 1664 1497 1512 1536 1531 1463 1329 1360 1320 1389 1455 1572 1526 1449 1556 1462 1405 25026

Population Size = Under 100,000




Year of Crash Table Total
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count Count

Alpine 1 4 2 1 1 1 3
2 4 4 1 6 1 2 4 2 39
Amador 15 14 14 15 10 6 12 8 13 9 8 14 11 12 18 13 14 206
Calaveras 16 7 9 16 9 13 2 12 17 9 14 5 17 18 11 7 17 199
Colusa 6 13 13 8 11 10 4 5 7 3 6 9 7 11 10 6 11 140
Del Norte 8 6 5 10 3 5 10 9 6 6 5 7 11 10 10 14 10 135
Glenn 11 8 16 12 9 8 5 7 7 4 11 9 10 11 7 8 14 157
Inyo 8 15 3 16 16 12 22 18 17 11 16 10 14 7 11 17 10 223
Lake 15 14 11 22 11 12 12 9 15 27 10 24 17 17 13 20 17 266
Lassen 15 12 18 19 15 16 12 14 10 6 10 13 13 18 14 11 6 222
Madera 45 29














74
Mariposa 8 7
8 8 6 4 6 6 4 4 11 3 7 5 5 6 98
Mendocino 34 35 22 28 24 27 27 35 30 22 26 27 30 15 37 18 18 455
Modoc 7 4 7 2 4 6 3 3 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 7 1 59
Mono 15 7 10 5 7 7 13
4 6 12 6 9 6 4 4 2 117
Nevada 12 17 19 19 21 13 18 22 24 14 14 17 14 17 18 22 13 294
Plumas 6 5 6 11 5 3 5 6 8 12 7 13 7 5 13 6 5 123
San Benito 8 11 8 8 14 13 8 7 9 19 13 10 10 10 12 6 6 172
Sierra 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 3 5 3 1 39
Siskiyou 17 13 15 21 25 12 16 12 10 15 11 11 13 12 8 18 15 244
Sutter 20 20 13 17 14 15 21 14 19 21 13 22 17 23 23 17 18 307
Tehama 23 14 23 20 18 17 16 13 17 22 12 18 17 24 13 24 10 301
Trinity 6 4 4 7 5 7 9 6 5 8 7 6 5 9 8 6 15 117
Tuolumne 12 15 23 8 9 14 16 9 9 7 12 21 33 15 25 15 10 253
Yuba 18 17 17 17 13 16 16 7 15 17 17 23 21 12 20 15 5 266
Table Total 329 293 260 291 253 240 255 223 254 248 239 284 291 266 288 266 226 4506

Rates 1991-2007

Change over the last 3 years.
Purple = Rates Up   Green = Rates Down


+ The Rate of Traffic Deaths went down in all county groupings for the last 3 years: large, medium and small county.

+ The small counties taken togther had the lowest rate in deaths per 100,000 in at least 17 years



Year of Crash - Death Rate Per 100,000 Population
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
County
Population Size		 1 Million + 12.88 11.42 11.29 11.23 11.17 10.57 9.58 8.50 8.81 9.12 9.54 9.38 9.55 9.31 9.51 9.44 8.84
100,000 to 999,999 18.58 16.39 16.12 16.22 16.02 15.16 13.54 13.69 13.08 13.49 13.87 14.76 15.53 14.53 15.39 14.26 13.51
Under 100,000 37.48 32.61 32.05 35.49 30.57 28.71 29.99 26.23 29.69 28.65 27.24 31.93 32.25 29.10 31.16 28.47 23.97


County Population Category => 1,000,000

*As the data is for 14 years some counties changed population category.
 



Year of Crash - Death Rate Per 100,000 Population
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Alameda 9.4 9.5 8.0 7.5 7.9 8.0 6.6 6.3 6.3 7.8 7.5 7.5 7.6 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.9
Contra Costa . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 6.6 7.4 8.8 6.7
Los Angeles 12.0 10.5 10.0 10.6 10.7 9.5 8.3 6.7 7.3 7.8 7.9 7.4 8.1 7.4 7.3 7.8 7.4
Orange 8.8 7.9 7.8 7.2 6.8 7.4 6.5 5.7 6.2 5.7 7.1 6.5 7.2 7.1 6.7 6.8 6.2
Riverside 23.1 18.4 18.1 21.6 19.9 19.8 17.6 18.3 15.3 17.1 16.2 18.5 17.2 17.4 17.3 17.4 15.4
Sacramento 12.2 12.3 13.5 11.6 11.1 10.0 13.2 7.5 9.7 9.5 11.6 11.0 11.3 9.6 11.6 9.1 10.0
San Bernardino 22.5 22.1 23.6 22.3 22.6 20.8 19.2 18.2 17.6 18.5 18.9 18.4 19.1 21.3 21.6 19.7 17.4
San Diego 14.6 11.4 11.5 10.5 9.9 9.9 8.5 9.2 10.2 9.2 10.0 10.1 9.7 9.7 10.1 9.7 9.5
Santa Clara 7.0 7.1 7.1 5.5 7.2 7.4 6.8 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.6 6.5 5.4 5.1 6.0 5.4 5.5

County Size 100,000 - 999,999



Year of Crash - Death Rate Per 100,000 Population
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Butte 19.2 18.9 16.6 13.8 16.2 14.7 20.5 25.4 15.9 13.2 18.4 22.0 13.7 15.5 17.2 15.6 16.9
Contra Costa 11.7 7.0 8.3 8.3 6.3 7.5 6.5 7.1 5.0 6.2 5.8 6.8 . . . . .
El Dorado 26.3 25.6 16.3 21.0 17.9 24.5 18.7 9.2 14.2 18.3 13.6 18.1 19.0 15.2 13.2 20.9 17.3
Fresno 37.6 30.9 27.5 24.8 23.8 24.5 19.8 18.5 25.6 15.7 18.2 21.9 24.4 17.2 18.7 17.0 17.1
Humboldt 14.8 7.3 18.4 28.1 25.6 12.8 23.7 17.5 16.6 18.9 15.7 17.9 23.9 16.8 15.2 15.2 19.6
Imperial 34.7 40.7 30.7 27.0 30.8 25.3 46.0 44.5 24.9 36.9 30.8 32.8 29.2 35.3 28.1 24.9 24.1
Kern 32.5 27.6 28.4 26.5 24.9 22.7 21.2 18.4 20.0 22.5 21.0 23.3 24.7 19.1 23.1 25.1 19.3
Kings 18.9 30.4 17.0 25.5 20.7 26.7 17.0 19.4 29.0 22.3 26.4 28.1 29.4 25.7 32.1 30.0 21.5
Madera . . 36.2 40.9 45.5 38.8 33.2 34.5 31.2 21.7 36.2 24.7 33.5 31.7 26.7 32.9 32.0
Marin 6.9 9.8 6.3 7.2 10.1 4.2 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.2 4.8 6.4 5.2 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.7
Merced 38.1 30.5 38.5 25.2 33.7 26.8 27.2 27.9 22.2 26.5 33.1 28.1 22.1 25.8 28.1 23.0 19.0
Monterey 21.1 12.9 11.5 19.4 16.1 16.4 11.9 10.4 10.6 13.1 14.9 13.7 14.3 20.7 12.8 11.4 11.0
Napa 21.3 17.5 16.4 12.0 13.6 11.0 14.2 11.6 17.1 19.2 12.6 14.7 15.3 19.0 18.1 11.2 11.1
Placer 19.6 23.1 14.7 11.8 12.3 14.2 14.6 11.1 16.8 9.5 12.1 17.3 14.1 11.3 15.0 12.1 8.5
San Francisco 9.4 8.9 7.3 8.6 8.5 6.9 7.3 7.9 6.3 6.3 5.1 5.0 6.4 5.3 4.3 5.2 6.4
San Joaquin 27.9 18.3 23.2 23.7 24.7 19.5 16.4 17.1 17.1 19.3 20.3 26.3 16.1 19.6 18.6 17.4 15.6
San Luis Obispo 19.9 13.4 17.3 18.4 13.0 13.7 12.2 16.2 19.7 12.5 17.4 16.1 13.2 17.7 20.6 15.5 19.8
San Mateo 6.4 8.0 7.2 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.0 5.0 6.3 4.6 6.3 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.9 3.8
Santa Barbara 14.1 12.2 9.0 11.3 11.2 12.7 9.0 9.9 8.6 8.0 9.4 8.1 9.9 9.8 16.9 10.9 11.7
Santa Cruz 13.0 9.0 8.9 8.4 7.0 8.2 9.3 10.4 3.9 7.4 9.7 9.3 9.7 6.5 8.8 8.0 9.8
Shasta 20.2 24.3 20.2 20.8 35.1 21.9 19.2 22.2 21.6 18.8 26.2 21.6 18.3 19.8 21.3 12.2 13.2
Solano 13.2 9.1 13.1 12.2 9.2 13.3 9.6 6.8 6.4 9.3 10.1 9.0 13.5 11.3 11.7 10.4 12.0
Sonoma 16.1 13.5 11.8 14.8 13.2 12.6 13.5 11.7 11.5 10.0 12.6 10.4 12.3 10.3 13.0 11.3 10.8
Stanislaus 18.6 16.9 17.7 17.3 16.6 16.4 14.3 13.0 15.2 17.3 18.2 18.6 18.4 16.1 18.7 15.7 15.7
Tulare 25.0 31.0 29.2 26.4 30.8 29.2 16.2 34.7 18.4 28.9 21.6 25.8 25.4 24.5 28.0 23.2 21.6
Ventura 9.2 11.7 10.4 11.8 11.3 10.0 8.5 8.0 7.9 11.5 9.4 8.4 9.9 8.7 8.7 10.0 9.0
Yolo 17.1 14.1 20.7 17.9 14.2 21.0 11.3 11.1 11.5 13.5 13.7 10.0 14.2 15.5 12.7 12.4 16.7

County Size Less Than 100,000




Year of Crash - Death Rate Per 100,000 Population
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Alpine 89.2 353.7 176.7 89.4 85.4 82.4 242.5 . 170.8 332.2 322.8 79.9 479.2 78.9 166.1 319.0 158.6
Amador 47.4 43.5 42.6 45.2 29.9 17.7 34.8 23.5 37.4 25.5 22.3 38.3 29.9 32.3 47.8 34.1 36.5
Calaveras 46.4 19.5 24.5 42.5 23.5 33.7 5.0 30.2 42.2 22.1 33.7 11.8 39.2 40.9 24.4 15.3 37.0
Colusa 35.9 76.5 75.1 45.6 61.7 55.1 21.7 27.1 37.6 15.9 31.3 45.9 35.0 53.2 47.3 27.8 50.1
Del Norte 30.1 22.0 18.1 35.9 10.8 18.0 34.9 32.2 21.8 21.8 18.1 25.1 39.0 34.7 34.6 48.3 34.2
Glenn 43.4 31.1 61.7 46.3 34.1 30.4 18.9 26.6 26.6 15.0 41.0 33.2 36.2 39.5 24.8 27.9 48.2
Inyo 43.7 82.0 16.4 86.6 87.1 65.2 119.1 97.8 93.6 60.5 87.7 54.3 75.9 37.9 60.3 93.3 54.8
Lake 28.3 25.7 19.8 39.2 19.4 21.2 21.0 15.8 26.0 46.1 16.6 39.3 27.5 27.2 20.6 31.4 26.6
Lassen 53.2 42.2 62.6 66.2 51.9 49.5 35.3 41.8 29.7 17.7 29.6 38.4 37.9 50.8 40.0 31.0 16.6
Madera 47.2 29.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mariposa 53.2 44.8 . 49.0 48.6 36.2 23.9 35.5 35.4 23.6 23.3 63.3 17.0 39.5 27.9 27.5 32.7
Mendocino 41.5 42.5 26.5 33.6 28.7 32.0 31.6 41.1 35.0 25.4 29.8 30.7 33.8 16.8 41.4 20.2 20.1
Modoc 71.6 40.2 70.2 19.9 40.1 60.5 29.9 31.1 10.6 10.5 31.7 31.8 31.4 30.5 10.4 72.2 10.3
Mono 146.4 66.7 90.6 43.7 61.4 59.8 109.5 . 31.7 46.4 90.8 44.9 66.9 44.0 29.2 28.5 14.2
Nevada 14.6 20.4 22.4 22.1 24.1 14.8 20.1 24.4 26.4 15.2 14.8 17.8 14.5 17.4 18.3 22.2 13.1
Plumas 29.8 24.1 28.7 52.9 24.0 14.5 23.8 28.8 38.5 57.9 33.6 62.4 33.5 23.8 61.8 28.6 23.9
San Benito 21.1 27.6 19.5 18.9 31.6 28.2 16.5 13.9 17.2 35.3 23.6 17.8 17.7 17.6 21.0 10.5 10.4
Sierra 90.2 59.5 57.4 28.6 28.1 27.7 27.8 27.5 84.6 27.6 110.9 111.4 83.9 85.8 144.0 86.6 29.4
Siskiyou 38.6 29.4 33.5 46.6 55.6 26.9 35.6 27.0 22.6 33.7 24.7 24.6 28.9 26.5 17.5 39.5 32.8
Sutter 29.6 28.7 18.2 23.3 18.9 20.0 27.5 18.2 24.3 26.4 16.1 26.6 19.9 26.3 25.6 18.3 18.8
Tehama 44.6 26.5 43.2 37.2 33.0 31.1 29.0 23.5 30.6 39.3 21.2 31.4 29.1 40.5 21.6 39.1 16.1
Trinity 45.8 30.2 29.9 51.7 37.1 52.1 67.9 45.4 38.3 61.6 53.9 45.4 37.2 66.3 57.3 43.0 107.1
Tuolumne 23.8 29.4 44.0 15.2 17.2 26.6 30.0 16.7 16.6 12.8 21.6 37.4 58.3 26.5 44.0 26.4 17.6
Yuba 29.9 27.7 27.6 27.4 21.0 26.0 25.8 11.5 24.9 28.1 27.6 36.5 32.6 18.1 29.2 21.4 7.0

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