Stanislaus County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 88 deaths in 76 fatal crashes in Stanislaus County in 2024.

FARS records 830 deaths in 751 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.1 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, Stanislaus County was number 12 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Stanislaus County rose by 28.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (645) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (830).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.7% of the fatal crashes in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Stanislaus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	88	76	23
2023	89	77	24
2022	88	78	18
2021	119	107	34
2020	84	78	23
2019	73	66	16
2018	85	77	25
2017	76	71	23
2016	79	74	21
2015	49	47	14
2015 to 2024	830	751	221

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 119 (2021)2024: 88

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

Table 2.Stanislaus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	88	76
2023	89	77
2022	88	78
2021	119	107
2020	84	78
2019	73	66
2018	85	77
2017	76	71
2016	79	74
2015	49	47
2014	62	53
2013	54	52
2012	45	44
2011	55	52
2010	50	46
2009	57	54
2008	54	45
2007	82	65
2006	83	70
2005	103	84
2004	80	73
2003	90	78
2002	88	78
2001	89	78
2000	81	72
1999	67	58
1998	56	48
1997	61	51
1996	66	63
1995	69	64
1994	70	66
1993	71	61
1992	66	61
1991	72	65
1990	64	60
1989	89	78
1988	78	68
1987	92	80
1986	104	82
1985	62	60
1984	60	56
1983	69	59
1982	87	72
1981	80	70
1980	84	77
1979	82	68
1978	64	54
1977	76	69
1976	87	74
1975	76	63

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.Stanislaus County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Stanislaus County	California	United States
2024	15.8	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.1	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. Stanislaus County had 557,372 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Stanislaus County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 751 fatal crashes	221	751 fatal crashes	29.4%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 751 fatal crashes	202	751 fatal crashes	26.9%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 466 occupant deaths with restraint use known	192	466 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.2%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 830 deaths	194	830 deaths	23.4%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 830 deaths	40	830 deaths	4.8%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 830 deaths	82	830 deaths	9.9%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 750 fatal crashes with the condition reported	313	750 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	29.9%
In the darkof 750 fatal crashes with the condition reported	444	750 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.2%	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.Stanislaus 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	42	14	22	20	98
Monday	30	11	29	28	98
Tuesday	13	15	26	42	96
Wednesday	21	20	24	34	99
Thursday	30	18	16	40	104
Friday	17	16	29	56	118
Saturday	27	13	29	55	124
All days	180	107	175	275	737

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.Stanislaus County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	34	4.5%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	101	13.5%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	202	26.9%	30.1%
Minor arterial	140	18.7%	21.7%
Major collector	193	25.7%	12.3%
Minor collector	16	2.1%	2.3%
Local	64	8.5%	7.3%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Stanislaus County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	269
Dark, not lighted	241
Dark, lighted	202
Dawn	18
Dusk	19
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Stanislaus County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	648
Cloudy	64
Rain	28
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Stanislaus County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Stanislaus	In all of California
Interstate 5	Interstate	33	1,337
State Route 4	State highway	9	226
State Route 33	State highway	14	134
State Route 99	State highway	91	755
State Route 108	State highway	43	71
State Route 120	State highway	8	89
State Route 132	State highway	64	82
State Route 165	State highway	4	34

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.Stanislaus 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
Stanislaus County: 15.1

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 Stanislaus County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alameda County	California	100	965	5.8
Calaveras County	California	13	131	28.5
Mariposa County	California	1 or 2	31	18.0
Merced County	California	46	594	21.1
San Joaquin County	California	139	1,237	16.1
Santa Clara County	California	100	1,195	6.2
Tuolumne County	California	11	130	24.0

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 Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 645 deaths in Stanislaus County from 2005 to 2014. It records 830 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Stanislaus in 2024?

The rate of Stanislaus County in 2024 was 15.8 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 Stanislaus had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 221 of 751 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 Stanislaus?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 266 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.