California Traffic Deaths by County 2005
Number and Rate Per 100,000 Population
(Organized by Rate)

California Counties Greater Than 1 Million In Population

COUNTY POPULATION CASES Rate Per 100,000
1 SAN BERNARDINO 1,977,822 425 21.49
2 RIVERSIDE 1,931,437 333 17.24
3 SACRAMENTO 1,379,103 160 11.60
4 SAN DIEGO 3,057,000 308 10.08
5 CONTRA COSTA 1,025,900 76 7.41
6 LOS ANGELES 10,223,055 745 7.29
7 ALAMEDA 1,503,790 102 6.78
8 ORANGE 3,061,094 205 6.70
9 SANTA CLARA 1,760,741 106 6.02

California Counties Between 100,000 and 1 Million in Population

COUNTY POPULATION CASES Rate Per 100,000
1 KINGS 146,487 47 32.08
2 IMPERIAL 164,221 46 28.01
3 MERCED 244,320 68 27.83
4 TULARE 417,287 116 27.80
5 MADERA 142,837 38 26.60
6 KERN 770,424 177 22.97
7 SHASTA 180,984 38 21.00
8 SAN LUIS OBISPO 262,593 54 20.56
9 FRESNO 892,325 166 18.60
10 STANISLAUS 510,858 95 18.60
11 SAN JOAQUIN 664,369 123 18.51
12 NAPA 133,526 24 17.97
13 NEVADA 100,227 18 17.96
14 BUTTE 216,401 37 17.10
15 SANTA BARBARA 419,678 71 16.92
16 HUMBOLDT 132,434 20 15.10
17 PLACER 313,931 47 14.97
18 EL DORADO 175,550 23 13.10
19 SONOMA 478,724 62 12.95
20 YOLO 188,858 24 12.71
21 MONTEREY 425,055 54 12.70
22 SOLANO 422,094 49 11.61
23 SANTA CRUZ 260,634 23 8.82
24 VENTURA 815,528 71 8.71
25 SAN MATEO 721,350 39 5.41
26 SAN FRANCISCO 794,850 34 4.28
27 MARIN 252,195 10 3.97

California Counties With Less Than 100,000 Population

COUNTY POPULATION CASES Rate Per 100,000
1 ALPINE 1,242 2 161.03
2 SIERRA 3,514 5 142.29
3 PLUMAS 21,557 13 60.31
4 INYO 18,599 11 59.14
5 TRINITY 14,025 8 57.04
6 AMADOR 38,221 18 47.09
7 COLUSA 21,315 10 46.92
8 TUOLUMNE 58,215 25 42.94
9 MENDOCINO 90,487 37 40.89
10 LASSEN 35,696 14 39.22
11 DEL NORTE 29,355 10 34.07
12 MONO 13,512 4 29.60
13 YUBA 68,618 20 29.15
14 MARIPOSA 18,281 5 27.35
15 SUTTER 90,627 23 25.38
16 GLENN 28,523 7 24.54
17 CALAVERAS 45,711 11 24.06
18 TEHAMA 61,378 13 21.18
19 SAN BENITO 57,700 12 20.80
20 LAKE 64,180 13 20.26
21 SISKIYOU 46,410 8 17.24
22 MODOC 9,813 1 10.19