- 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: 64,015 pedestrian crashes in California from 2021–2026, 17,301 of them serious or fatal. 32% involved a driver turning, 20% turning left. 41% 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 64,015 pedestrian crashes with a map location in California from 2021–2026: 17,301 left someone seriously hurt or killed, and 4,935 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, 2021–2026: Los Angeles (7,557), San Francisco (3,263), San Diego (2,257), Long Beach (1,501), San Jose (1,452). 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, 2021–2026: Western Ave in Los Angeles (224), Figueroa St in Los Angeles (221), Mission St in San Francisco (197), Vermont Ave in Los Angeles (175), International Blvd in Oakland (137).
- 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.