Where do crashes happen most often on US-101?

The short answer: From July 2, 2025 through July 1, 2026, the US-101 corridor recorded 14,551 matching crash records. The largest recorded location category was Unincorporated with 4,201 matches. Among named cities, Los Angeles had the highest count with 3,058. This is a count of records, not an exposure-adjusted measure of danger. View the reproducible table or read the methodology and limitations.

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US-101 crash-record density

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Top Incident Locations along US-101

Unincorporated4,201 crashes
Los Angeles3,058 crashes
San Francisco891 crashes
San Jose862 crashes
Mountain View470 crashes
San Mateo405 crashes
Thousand Oaks386 crashes
Ventura336 crashes
Redwood City246 crashes
San Rafael240 crashes

Direction of Travel Split

5,127
N/B
5,007
S/B
4,362
Other/Unknown
29
E/B
26
W/B

Severity & Casualties Summary

48
People reported killed
7,125
Injuries (People)
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Locations with the most matching US-101 records

Counts reflect the road labels and city fields recorded in the source data for this reporting window. They do not account for traffic volume, road miles, or time spent traveling.

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Top locations in matching US-101 crash records
RankRecorded cityCrashesSerious or fatalPeople killed
1Unincorporated4,20116422
2Los Angeles3,058416
3San Francisco89191
4San Jose862161
5Mountain View47020
6San Mateo40531
7Thousand Oaks38670
8Ventura33694
9Redwood City24640
10San Rafael24021
Methodology

How this corridor profile is produced

No applied canonical mapping exists for US-101 yet, so this profile temporarily uses the legacy curated alias matcher against the officer-recorded primary-road label. The reporting window is 2025-07-02 through 2026-07-01. Source records come from the California Highway Patrol California Crash Reporting System.

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Limitations

What the numbers cannot establish

  • Raw crash counts do not measure individual risk or identify the “most dangerous” segment.
  • Traffic volume, vehicle miles traveled, road length, construction, and enforcement exposure are not controlled here.
  • Road and city labels can be incomplete, inconsistent, or revised after publication.

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

The Crash Data Project. "US-101 Highway Crash Records Profile." Updated Jul 1, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/roads/us-101. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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