# Traffic fatalities in California

Traffic fatalities in California was 3,876 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-06`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People 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: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), 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: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), 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/traffic-fatalities/california
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-06

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 3,876 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 4,169 |
| 2022 | 4,539 |
| 2021 | 4,513 |
| 2020 | 3,980 |
| 2019 | 3,719 |
| 2018 | 3,798 |
| 2017 | 3,884 |
| 2016 | 3,837 |
| 2015 | 3,387 |
| 2014 | 3,102 |
| 2013 | 3,107 |
| 2012 | 2,966 |
| 2011 | 2,816 |
| 2010 | 2,720 |
| 2009 | 3,090 |
| 2008 | 3,434 |
| 2007 | 3,995 |
| 2006 | 4,240 |
| 2005 | 4,333 |
| 2004 | 4,120 |
| 2003 | 4,224 |
| 2002 | 4,088 |
| 2001 | 3,956 |
| 2000 | 3,753 |
| 1999 | 3,559 |
| 1998 | 3,494 |
| 1997 | 3,688 |
| 1996 | 3,989 |
| 1995 | 4,192 |
| 1994 | 4,232 |
| 1993 | 4,164 |
| 1992 | 4,192 |
| 1991 | 4,688 |
| 1990 | 5,192 |
| 1989 | 5,412 |
| 1988 | 5,392 |
| 1987 | 5,504 |
| 1986 | 5,253 |
| 1985 | 4,960 |
| 1984 | 5,020 |
| 1983 | 4,573 |
| 1982 | 4,615 |
| 1981 | 5,170 |
| 1980 | 5,496 |
| 1979 | 5,542 |
| 1978 | 5,310 |
| 1977 | 4,839 |
| 1976 | 4,395 |
| 1975 | 4,092 |