Ventura County, California Car Accident Statistics
58 people died in 55 fatal crashes in Ventura County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 9.8 for California and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 358 traffic deaths in 325 crashes, and 21% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in Ventura County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58 | 55 |
| 2023 | 72 | 65 |
| 2022 | 57 | 51 |
| 2021 | 61 | 56 |
| 2020 | 59 | 53 |
| 2019 | 51 | 45 |
Who died
People killed in Ventura County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| US-101 | 20 | 21 |
| SR-33 | 18 | 20 |
| SR-126 | 17 | 19 |
| SR-118 | 16 | 17 |
| SR-1 | 13 | 15 |
| US-101 VENTURA FWY | 10 | 12 |
| SR-1 PACIFIC COAST HWY | 7 | 8 |
| SR-118 LOS ANGELES AVE | 6 | 6 |
| SR-126 E TELEGRAPH RD | 5 | 6 |
| SR-150 | 5 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ventura | 46 | 50 |
| Oxnard | 42 | 46 |
| Simi Valley | 32 | 35 |
| Thousand Oaks | 30 | 33 |
| Camarillo | 13 | 13 |
| Santa Paula | 6 | 6 |
| Moorpark | 5 | 7 |
| Ojai | 3 | 3 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Sunday)
48% of fatal crashes in Ventura County happened in the dark, and 25% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in California
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See California's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Personal injury lawyers in Ventura
Lawbamba lists 23 personal injury lawyers with an office in Ventura, California, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
Matched by practice area and office location only. These lawyers are not connected to the records on this page and have not reviewed or endorsed it.
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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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