Shasta County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 33 deaths in 30 fatal crashes in Shasta County in 2024.

FARS records 328 deaths in 306 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of California in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Shasta County was number 26 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Shasta County rose by 32.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (248) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (328).

In the counties of California the deaths rose by 17.5% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 52.1% of the fatal crashes in Shasta County with a known setting were rural, against 29.9% in California.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Shasta County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Shasta County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	33	30	6
2023	22	20	7
2022	31	30	9
2021	39	37	10
2020	40	37	12
2019	35	32	13
2018	32	30	11
2017	30	29	11
2016	26	25	11
2015	40	36	13
2015 to 2024	328	306	103

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Shasta County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 60 (1978)2024: 33

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Shasta County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	33	30
2023	22	20
2022	31	30
2021	39	37
2020	40	37
2019	35	32
2018	32	30
2017	30	29
2016	26	25
2015	40	36
2014	22	20
2013	24	24
2012	28	26
2011	25	25
2010	18	18
2009	24	24
2008	21	20
2007	25	23
2006	23	23
2005	38	30
2004	37	35
2003	34	29
2002	37	31
2001	42	37
2000	31	27
1999	37	32
1998	36	32
1997	31	30
1996	34	32
1995	56	44
1994	34	28
1993	33	30
1992	38	35
1991	30	29
1990	44	39
1989	58	54
1988	52	46
1987	60	47
1986	47	35
1985	38	34
1984	42	38
1983	48	40
1982	45	40
1981	40	36
1980	45	41
1979	52	44
1978	60	51
1977	32	25
1976	32	29
1975	33	32

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Shasta County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Shasta County	California	United States
2024	18.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.2	10.1	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Shasta County had 181,392 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Shasta County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 306 fatal crashes	103	306 fatal crashes	33.7%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 306 fatal crashes	77	306 fatal crashes	25.2%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 189 occupant deaths with restraint use known	91	189 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.1%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 328 deaths	58	328 deaths	17.7%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 328 deaths	16	328 deaths	4.9%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 328 deaths	38	328 deaths	11.6%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 305 fatal crashes with the condition reported	159	305 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.1%	29.9%
In the darkof 305 fatal crashes with the condition reported	152	305 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.8%	57.5%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Shasta County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	13	1 or 2	14	13	41
Monday	4	6	15	12	37
Tuesday	7	10	12	9	38
Wednesday	5	12	9	17	43
Thursday	5	7	10	17	39
Friday	17	8	11	18	54
Saturday	9	5	13	19	46
All days	60	49	84	105	298

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Shasta County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	46	15.0%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	38	12.4%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	70	22.9%	30.1%
Minor arterial	95	31.0%	21.7%
Major collector	28	9.2%	12.3%
Minor collector	5	1.6%	2.3%
Local	24	7.8%	7.3%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Shasta County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	139
Dark, not lighted	108
Dark, lighted	43
Dawn	3
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Shasta County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	249
Cloudy	31
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Shasta County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Shasta	In all of California
Interstate 5	Interstate	45	1,337
State Route 36	State highway	3	46
State Route 44	State highway	32	41
State Route 89	State highway	4	40
State Route 273	State highway	35	35
State Route 299	State highway	44	101

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in California

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Shasta County on the county map of California

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1014 counties
10 to 14.99 counties
15 to 19.914 counties
20 to 29.913 counties
30 or more8 counties
Shasta County: 18.2

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of California

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Shasta County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lassen County	California	3	90	29.4
Modoc County	California	4	30	34.3
Plumas County	California	1 or 2	48	25.2
Siskiyou County	California	12	138	31.8
Tehama County	California	13	171	26.5
Trinity County	California	6	75	52.5

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of California have a population nearest to that of Shasta County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
California Office of Traffic SafetyThe highway safety office of California.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Shasta in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 248 deaths in Shasta County from 2005 to 2014. It records 328 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Shasta in 2024?

The rate of Shasta County in 2024 was 18.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of California was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Shasta had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 103 of 306 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Shasta?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 163 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.