San Diego Car Crash Data and Map

Direct Answer: From September 27, 2025 through September 26, 2026, San Diego recorded 8,331 reported car crashes in public records. This summary includes 7,552 people reported injured and 50 people reported killed. View the detailed patterns below or read the methodology.

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San Diego

Latest 365 days, compared with other California cities that had at least 30 reported crashes in this window.

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8,331 recorded crashes
All crash records in the reporting window in San Diego, latest 365 days

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L marks a local road pair. F marks a freeway-linked road pair. These rings are reference callouts, separate from the blue/yellow/red crash dots.

F1
I-8 / Sr-163
Rear End, historical peak near 5 PM
L1
Garnet Ave / Mission Bay Dr
Broadside, historical peak near 8 PM
For drivers

Leave extra following distance and expect sudden stops near busy approaches.

San Diego also has a higher-than-statewide vulnerable-road-user share, so check carefully for people walking, cycling, or riding near crossings.

Based on historical reported crashes, not live traffic, road closures, or a prediction of tonight's conditions.
Crashes
8,331
More than 100% of peers
People injured
7,552
50 deaths reported
Severe share
4.2%
4.1% statewide
Walking, biking, or riding
17.5%
8.6% statewide
Who was involved

Crash contexts across all road users

A city crash story is not only about people inside cars. These groups count crashes where at least one matching party was recorded, using standardized vehicle types when available.

Groups overlap. A collision between a passenger vehicle and a bicyclist appears in both groups. Small electric mobility includes electric bicycles, electric scooters, motorboards, and motorized bicycles; motorcycles remain separate.

Passenger vehicles
Includes passenger cars, station wagons, Jeeps, minivans, SUVs, and pickups.
90.8% of reported crashes in this place
7,568
275 serious or fatal
Motorcycles
Includes motorcycles and motor scooters; kept separate from bicycles and small electric mobility.
7.3% of reported crashes in this place
607
88 serious or fatal
People walking
At least one pedestrian was recorded as a party.
6.1% of reported crashes in this place
512
71 serious or fatal
Bicycles and small electric mobility
Includes bicycles, electric bicycles, electric scooters, motorboards, and motorized bicycles.
5.0% of reported crashes in this place
414
42 serious or fatal
Trucks, buses, and service vehicles
Includes trucks, tractors, buses, ambulances, fire trucks, and other recorded commercial vehicles.
4.7% of reported crashes in this place
395
6 serious or fatal
Places to use extra care

Neighborhood streets and freeway corridors

These are repeated officer-recorded road pairs. Counts can cover more than one plotted position along the same pair of roads.

Most common story: Rear End
Hit-run share: 8.3%
Neighborhood streets
Local road pairs, kept separate so freeways cannot crowd them out.
01
Garnet Ave / Mission Bay Dr
Broadside, peaks near 8 PM
Most repeated12 injured6 vulnerable-user
9 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 9 OSM-inferred
9
crashes
02
Mission Gorge Rd / Princess View Dr
Rear End, peaks near 11 PM
Higher consequence1 killed2 vulnerable-user
3 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 3 OSM-inferred
3
crashes
03
Golfcrest Dr / Navajo Rd
Head-On, peaks near 5 AM
Higher consequence1 killed1 vulnerable-user
2 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 2 OSM-inferred
2
crashes
Freeway approaches
Interchanges and highway-linked road pairs.
01
I-8 / Sr-163
Rear End, peaks near 5 PM
Most repeated18 injured2 vulnerable-user4 hit-run
30 mapped records at 30 plotted positions
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30
crashes
02
Interstate 8 Eastbound / Interstate 8 Westbound From Fairmount Ave North
Side Swipe, peaks near 10 PM
Higher consequence2 killed1 vulnerable-user
3 mapped records at 3 plotted positions
3
crashes
03
Anna Ave / Pacific Hwy
Vehicle/Pedestrain, peaks near 12 AM
Higher consequence1 killed2 vulnerable-user
3 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 3 OSM-inferred
3
crashes
How to read these results

Road names come from the officer's report and are normalized into pairs. A road-pair total does not mean every crash happened inside one physical intersection. Open a row to see its mapped records and positions.

Cite or reuse this profile

This is independent analysis of public records. Keep the reporting window, source, and methodology attached when reusing a figure.

Evidence for Zero. "San Diego Car Crash Data and Map." Updated September 28, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/cities/san-diego. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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