- Is it safe to walk in California?
- We don't rate places as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a street is without counting the people who use it. What the records show: 32,086 pedestrian crashes in California from 2021–2025, 9,763 of them serious or fatal. 30% involved a driver turning, 18% turning left. 36% of the people hit were in a crosswalk at an intersection. 26% were crossing away from a crosswalk.
- How many pedestrians are hit by drivers in California?
- Police reported 32,086 pedestrian crashes with a map location in California from 2021–2025: 9,763 left someone seriously hurt or killed, and 4,190 were fatal. Many city police departments send reports without a location, so the real number is higher.
- Which California cities have the most pedestrian crashes?
- By reported crashes with a map location, 2021–2025: Long Beach (919), Fresno (900), Bakersfield (745), Santa Ana (700), Stockton (641). Big, busy cities have more crashes partly because more people walk there, and some cities send most of their reports without a location, so their counts are too low.
- Which streets in California have the most pedestrian crashes?
- By the street each police report names first, 2021–2025: Blackstone Ave in Fresno (85), 1st St in Santa Ana (79), Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood (70), Anaheim St in Long Beach (63), Main St in Santa Ana (56).
- Where does this data come from?
- Police crash reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), published by the state on data.ca.gov, with fatal crashes added from NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Freeway crashes are left out.