Where do crashes happen most often on US-50?

The short answer: From July 2, 2025 through July 1, 2026, the US-50 corridor recorded 2,112 matching crash records. Among the locations identified in those records, Sacramento had the highest number of records with 903 matches. 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-50 crash-record density

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Top Incident Locations along US-50

Sacramento903 crashes
Unincorporated862 crashes
West Sacramento187 crashes
Coachella26 crashes
Rancho Cordova22 crashes
Palmdale19 crashes
Lancaster17 crashes
Folsom15 crashes
Placerville13 crashes
Los Angeles12 crashes

Direction of Travel Split

765
W/B
759
E/B
504
Other/Unknown
44
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40
S/B

Severity & Casualties Summary

12
People reported killed
1,048
Injuries (People)
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Locations with the most matching US-50 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-50 crash records
RankRecorded cityCrashesSerious or fatalPeople killed
1Sacramento90381
2Unincorporated862529
3West Sacramento18731
4Coachella2610
5Rancho Cordova2200
6Palmdale1931
7Lancaster1700
8Folsom1510
9Placerville1320
10Los Angeles1210
Methodology

How this corridor profile is produced

No applied canonical mapping exists for US-50 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-50 Highway Crash Records Profile." Updated Jul 1, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/roads/us-50. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
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