# Pedestrian fatalities in California

Pedestrian fatalities in California was 1,090 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `pedestrian_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Pedestrians killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: Counts people coded as pedestrians only. Cyclists and people on personal conveyances such as wheelchairs or skateboards are not included, as in NHTSA's published pedestrian totals.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: pedestrians killed (person.csv, PER_TYP pedestrian and INJ_SEV 4), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: pedestrians killed (person.csv, PER_TYP pedestrian and INJ_SEV 4), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/pedestrian-fatalities/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=pedestrian_fatalities&place=us-state-06

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,090 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,150 |
| 2022 | 1,213 |
| 2021 | 1,179 |
| 2020 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 1,011 |
| 2018 | 978 |
| 2017 | 940 |
| 2016 | 933 |
| 2015 | 819 |
| 2014 | 709 |
| 2013 | 734 |
| 2012 | 653 |
| 2011 | 633 |
| 2010 | 601 |
| 2009 | 567 |
| 2008 | 620 |
| 2007 | 650 |
| 2006 | 719 |
| 2005 | 742 |
| 2004 | 684 |
| 2003 | 704 |
| 2002 | 709 |
| 2001 | 711 |
| 2000 | 670 |
| 1999 | 665 |
| 1998 | 697 |
| 1997 | 757 |
| 1996 | 786 |
| 1995 | 825 |
| 1994 | 843 |
| 1993 | 848 |
| 1992 | 764 |
| 1991 | 884 |
| 1990 | 986 |
| 1989 | 984 |
| 1988 | 1,061 |
| 1987 | 961 |
| 1986 | 862 |
| 1985 | 843 |
| 1984 | 829 |
| 1983 | 836 |
| 1982 | 793 |
| 1981 | 870 |
| 1980 | 965 |
| 1979 | 907 |
| 1978 | 903 |
| 1977 | 867 |
| 1976 | 784 |
| 1975 | 722 |