State Route 1 fatal crashes in California

FARS records 502 fatal crashes with 552 deaths on State Route 1 in California from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024 it records 50 fatal crashes with 52 deaths on the route.

By fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, State Route 1 was number 6 of the 119 routes of California with a page.

Fatal crashes on State Route 1 rose by 15.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (434) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (502).

In California they rose by 18.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 16.5% of the deaths on State Route 1 and 14.1% 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.Fatal crashes on State Route 1 in California by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

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

Fatal crashes by year

Table 1.State Route 1 in California: fatal crashes and deaths by year, 2000 to 2024
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths
2024	50	52
2023	59	67
2022	67	78
2021	56	60
2020	55	58
2019	44	46
2018	45	48
2017	43	49
2016	45	50
2015	38	44
2014	48	56
2013	39	41
2012	43	44
2011	33	37
2010	29	31
2009	43	46
2008	42	45
2007	56	63
2006	45	48
2005	56	62
2004	39	43
2003	61	65
2002	48	54
2001	43	49
2000	45	48

Note: the route is the trafficway that FARS records for the crash. The records of routes start in 2000. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2".

Counties on the route

Table 2.State Route 1: fatal crashes on the route in each county, 2015 to 2024, in name order
County	On the route	On all roads of the county
Alpine County	1 or 2	17
Los Angeles County	142	7,312
Marin County	9	117
Mendocino County	21	207
Monterey County	65	444
Orange County	63	1,982
Sacramento County	1 or 2	1,633
San Francisco County	10	338
San Luis Obispo County	18	286
San Mateo County	43	345
Santa Barbara County	34	339
Santa Cruz County	41	201
Solano County	1 or 2	435
Sonoma County	18	372
Ventura County	35	527

Note: the table has the counties where FARS records a fatal crash on the route in these years.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 3.State Route 1 in California: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share on all roads of California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 502 fatal crashes	133	502 fatal crashes	26.5%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 502 fatal crashes	144	502 fatal crashes	28.7%	30.2%
Pedestriansof 552 deaths	150	552 deaths	27.2%	26.0%
Motorcyclistsof 552 deaths	91	552 deaths	16.5%	14.1%

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. One crash can be in two 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.

Time of day

Table 4.State Route 1 in California: fatal crashes by time of day, 2015 to 2024
Time of day	Fatal crashes	Share	Share on all roads of California
Midnight to 6 a.m.	98	20.2%	24.2%
6 a.m. to noon	79	16.3%	16.3%
Noon to 6 p.m.	129	26.5%	23.6%
6 p.m. to midnight	180	37.0%	35.9%

Note: the table has the fatal crashes with a known hour.

Mile ranges

Table 5.State Route 1 in California: fatal crashes by range of five miles, 2015 to 2024
Milepoint	Fatal crashes
Mile 0 to 5	47
Mile 5 to 10	56
Mile 10 to 15	47
Mile 15 to 20	42
Mile 20 to 25	35
Mile 35 to 40	35

Note: the table has the six ranges of five miles with the largest counts, in the order of the milepoint. 94.6 percent of the fatal crashes on the route have a milepoint in FARS. A state can start its milepoints again at a county line.

Routes in the same counties

These routes of California have a fatal crash on record in one or more of the same counties. The list is for navigation. The number is the fatal crashes on the route from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in California

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 2000 to 2024. A route page is built for a signed Interstate, US or state route with 20 or more fatal crashes in a state in ten years. 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 fatal crashes did FARS record on State Route 1 in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 434 fatal crashes on State Route 1 in California from 2005 to 2014. It records 502 from 2015 to 2024.

What part of the fatal crashes in California was on State Route 1?

502 of the 36,640 fatal crashes in California from 2015 to 2024 were on State Route 1. That is 1.4 percent.

How many fatal crashes on State Route 1 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 133 of 502 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 144 of them.

Does this page count the same route number in a different state?

No. This page counts the fatal crashes that FARS records on State Route 1 in California only. The route in a different state has its own page.