Yuba County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Yuba County in 2024.

FARS records 159 deaths in 148 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.8 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, Yuba County was number 38 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Yuba County rose by 18.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (134) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (159).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 58.8% of the fatal crashes in Yuba 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 Yuba 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.Yuba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	3
2023	21	21	5
2022	17	17	6
2021	27	23	6
2020	13	12	3
2019	14	13	5
2018	22	19	4
2017	12	11	4
2016	10	10	4
2015	9	9	3
2015 to 2024	159	148	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (2021)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Yuba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	21	21
2022	17	17
2021	27	23
2020	13	12
2019	14	13
2018	22	19
2017	12	11
2016	10	10
2015	9	9
2014	9	9
2013	17	14
2012	19	18
2011	11	11
2010	13	13
2009	13	11
2008	12	11
2007	5	5
2006	15	9
2005	20	16
2004	12	12
2003	21	19
2002	23	21
2001	16	13
2000	17	14
1999	15	14
1998	7	7
1997	18	17
1996	15	14
1995	13	11
1994	17	16
1993	17	15
1992	17	14
1991	18	14
1990	23	17
1989	20	16
1988	17	15
1987	15	15
1986	19	18
1985	22	16
1984	16	15
1983	11	11
1982	16	14
1981	13	10
1980	16	14
1979	18	15
1978	19	16
1977	18	15
1976	16	15
1975	14	13

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.Yuba County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Yuba County	California	United States
2024	16.0	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.8	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. Yuba County had 87,441 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Yuba County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 148 fatal crashes	43	148 fatal crashes	29.1%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 148 fatal crashes	38	148 fatal crashes	25.7%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 97 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	97 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.1%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 159 deaths	25	159 deaths	15.7%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 159 deaths	7	159 deaths	4.4%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 159 deaths	24	159 deaths	15.1%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.8%	29.9%
In the darkof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.1%	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.Yuba 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	5	6	8	6	25
Monday	5	4	3	8	20
Tuesday	3	4	3	7	17
Wednesday	3	3	4	3	13
Thursday	4	4	4	4	16
Friday	5	1 or 2	7	8	22
Saturday	5	5	3	10	23
All days	30	28	32	46	136

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.Yuba County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	28	18.9%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	37	25.0%	30.1%
Minor arterial	24	16.2%	21.7%
Major collector	42	28.4%	12.3%
Minor collector	3	2.0%	2.3%
Local	14	9.5%	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.Yuba County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	54
Dark, lighted	25
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Yuba County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	123
Cloudy	7
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Yuba County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Yuba	In all of California
State Route 20	State highway	15	172
State Route 49	State highway	4	154
State Route 65	State highway	8	94
State Route 70	State highway	38	102

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.Yuba 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
Yuba County: 19.8

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 Yuba County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butte County	California	34	382	17.6
Nevada County	California	8	148	14.7
Placer County	California	40	334	8.3
Plumas County	California	1 or 2	48	25.2
Sierra County	California	1 or 2	14	45.3
Sutter County	California	20	190	19.5

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 Yuba 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 Yuba in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 134 deaths in Yuba County from 2005 to 2014. It records 159 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Yuba in 2024?

The rate of Yuba County in 2024 was 16.0 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 Yuba had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 148 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 Yuba?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.