Car accident statistics for San Bernardino County, California (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in San Bernardino County by year

Car accident deaths in San Bernardino County ranged from 310 to 410 across the five years from 2020 to 2024. The county logged 330 deaths in 2020, 360 in 2021, 410 in 2022, 336 in 2023 and 310 in 2024. The year with the highest count was 2022, at 410 deaths, while 2024 held the lowest count, at 310 deaths. Between 2020 and 2024, car accident deaths were lower by 20, moving from 330 to 310 over that stretch. Fatal crashes of this kind totaled 1,570 across the full five-year period.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in San Bernardino County car accidents

Of the 1,746 car accident deaths recorded in San Bernardino County from 2020 to 2024, People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 1,119 deaths, or 64.1% of the total, making up the majority of people killed. People in other vehicles accounted for 160 deaths, or 9.2%. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping), a category drawn from FARS person types that is not a literal outside-the-vehicle test, accounted for 467 deaths, or 26.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Among manner of collision categories recorded for car accident deaths in San Bernardino County from 2020 to 2024, Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounts for 991 deaths, or 56.8%, the majority of the total. This category describes crashes whose first harmful event was not a collision between motor vehicles in transport, covering outcomes such as striking a pedestrian, a cyclist, a parked vehicle or a fixed object, or a rollover. Among collisions with another motor vehicle in transport, Angle (side impact) crashes account for 297 deaths (17.0%), Head-on crashes for 217 deaths (12.4%), Rear-end crashes for 161 deaths (9.2%) and Sideswipe crashes for 72 deaths (4.1%). Other and Unknown categories each account for 4 deaths (0.2%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Nighttime hours, defined as 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 1,109 car accident deaths, or 63.5%, the majority of the total, while Daytime hours accounted for 621 deaths, or 35.6%. Urban land use accounted for 1,282 car accident deaths, or 73.4%, also a majority, compared with 462 deaths, or 26.5%, in Rural areas. Crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 167 car accident deaths over the same period, a figure equal to 9.6% of all car accident deaths in the county.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with California and the United States

San Bernardino County's average annual rate of car accident deaths stands at 15.9 per 100,000 residents, calculated from 1,746 deaths divided across the county's population over the five-year span. That rate is higher than California's statewide rate of 9.3 and higher than the national rate of 10.5. Among the four listed neighboring counties, Los Angeles County, California shows a rate of 6.9, Riverside County, California shows 11.5, Clark County, Nevada shows 9.0, and Orange County, California shows 6.2. San Bernardino County's rate of 15.9 is higher than each of these. This rate reflects average annual deaths per 100,000 residents and does not adjust for miles driven or for visitors to the county.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Across all fatal crashes recorded in San Bernardino County from 2020 to 2024, regardless of vehicle type, Roadway departure was a recorded characteristic in 820 deaths, or 41.2% of all traffic deaths, and Speeding-related crashes were recorded in 694 deaths, or 34.9%. Pedestrian involvement was recorded in 508 deaths (25.6%), and crashes At an intersection in 471 deaths (23.7%). Motorcycle involvement was recorded in 254 deaths (12.8%), Hit-and-run in 193 deaths (9.7%), and Driver distraction reported and In a work zone each in 66 deaths (3.3%). Because a single crash can carry several of these characteristics, the rows overlap and do not add to 100%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

These figures come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways open to the public where a vehicle occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days of the crash; FARS does not include nonfatal crashes or injuries. Deaths are grouped by the county where the crash occurred, a location field in the FARS accident file, rather than by where the people killed actually lived. The 2020 through 2023 figures come from FARS Final Files, while the 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and may change once NHTSA issues the Final File. Anyone researching these figures, including a car accident lawyer, should note that the county grouping reflects crash location rather than residency when comparing totals across areas.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Los Angeles County, California (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Kern County, California (2020-2024)
• California car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for San Bernardino County, California (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)