California Car Accidents Today — Live Reports & Statistics
Quick answer: California recorded 3,876 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 — about 10.6 a day, 9.8 per 100,000 people (below the US average, rank #34 of 51). 14 California accident reports tracked in the last 48 hours are listed below. Emergency number: 911.
California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S. state by population and third-largest by area.
- Capital
- Sacramento
- Population
- 39,538,223 (2020)
- Area
- 423,970 km²
- Crash deaths 2024
- 3,876
- Deaths / 100k
- 9.8
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California Accident News — Last 48 Hours
Live traffic cameras in California
Public traffic-camera snapshots nearest to the latest geocoded reports on this page, straight from the transport authority. Images refresh on their own schedule (seconds to minutes); a camera is picked by distance and is not necessarily pointed at the incident.
Camera data: Caltrans (California Department of Transportation) (all 2,836 cameras). Snapshots are served by the authority and are not stored by this site. Cameras marked Live video play inline; the rest are still images refreshed by the authority.
Road Safety in California
With a population of 39,431,263 and 325,959 million vehicle miles travelled, California recorded 3,876 crash deaths in 2024: 9.8 per 100,000 people and 1.19 per 100 million miles. Speeding was a factor in 29% of those deaths.
By road user: pedestrians 28%, motorcyclists 13%, bicyclists 4%.
About 1,311 deaths (34%) were in crashes involving a driver at or over the 0.08% alcohol limit, and 240 of those killed were teenagers aged 15–19. Compare: drunk driving deaths by state · teen deaths by state.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 via IIHS state-by-state tables. National context: US road deaths by year.
California on this site
- San Francisco official crash map
- California traffic incidents and road closures right now — official 511 / DOT feed
- United States accidents today — national live map
- All 50 states ranked by crash death rate
- US driving laws · recall checker · car problems checker
- Accidents today worldwide · daily digests
Official traffic alerts in California (last 12 hours)
Live posts by transport authorities, read through the public Bluesky API and quoted with a link to the original. Incident posts are listed first.
Source: 511 SF Bay (Metropolitan Transportation Commission) — public posts, © their agencies; re-read every 15 minutes.
States With a Similar Death Rate
| State | Rank | Deaths 2024 | Per 100k | Per 100M miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | #34 | 3,876 | 9.8 | 1.19 |
| Michigan | #31 | 1,098 | 10.8 | 1.1 |
| Virginia | #32 | 917 | 10.4 | 1.04 |
| Wisconsin | #33 | 595 | 10 | 0.86 |
| Ohio | #35 | 1,157 | 9.7 | 1 |
| Alaska | #36 | 70 | 9.5 | 1.27 |
| New Hampshire | #37 | 133 | 9.4 | 0.96 |