Riverside County, California Car Accident Statistics
289 people died in 275 fatal crashes in Riverside County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 11.4 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 9.8 for California and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 1,908 traffic deaths in 1,798 crashes, and 24% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in Riverside County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 289 | 275 |
| 2023 | 335 | 309 |
| 2022 | 357 | 341 |
| 2021 | 326 | 310 |
| 2020 | 311 | 292 |
| 2019 | 290 | 271 |
Who died
People killed in Riverside County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| I-10 | 132 | 141 |
| SR-74 | 86 | 89 |
| I-15 | 65 | 69 |
| I-215 | 61 | 64 |
| SR-91 | 60 | 62 |
| SR-60 | 58 | 59 |
| SR-79 | 30 | 33 |
| SR-111 | 27 | 31 |
| Palm Dr | 22 | 24 |
| Van Buren Blvd | 17 | 19 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Riverside | 222 | 230 |
| Corona | 97 | 101 |
| Moreno Valley | 92 | 95 |
| Hemet | 57 | 60 |
| San Jacinto | 52 | 59 |
| Menifee | 51 | 53 |
| Perris | 50 | 54 |
| Indio | 47 | 47 |
| Jurupa Valley | 43 | 44 |
| Murrieta | 43 | 48 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Saturday)
60% of fatal crashes in Riverside County happened in the dark, and 19% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in California
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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