Traffic Collisions in Alpine County
Between 2014 and 2025, 383 collisions were reported to the CHP in
Alpine County. They killed 22 people and injured 499.
Annual collisions have risen 28% since 2014 — against the statewide trend.
The single most common time for a crash here is 2 PM on a Saturday.
Collisions by year
2014
25
2015
26
2016
38
2017
44
2018
27
2019
35
2020
32
2021
23
2022
22
2023
38
2024
41
2025
32
When crashes happen
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Sunday
53
Monday
42
Tuesday
41
Wednesday
43
Thursday
61
Friday
69
Saturday
74
Roads With the Most Collisions
Freeways
- SR-88183
- SR-472
- SR-8960
- SR-2074
- US-881
City Streets
- Blue Lakes Rd17
- Diamond Valley Rd11
- Foothill Rd6
- Bear Valley Rd3
- Emigrant Tr3
- Toiyabe National Forest3
- Hot Springs Rd2
- Wolf Creek Rd2
Intersections With the Most Collisions
Involving a freeway
- SR-88 & SR-8928
- Blue Lakes Rd & SR-8821
- SR-4 & SR-8918
- Red Lake Rd & SR-8812
- SR-88 & Woods Lake Rd12
- SR-4 & Wolf Creek Rd11
- SR-88 & Schneider Cow Camp Rd10
- Carson Pass & SR-889
City streets only
- Blue Camas Rd & Blue Lakes Rd5
- Foothill Rd & Fredericksburg Ln4
- Chambers Ln & Diamond Valley Rd3
- Airport Rd & Diamond Valley Rd2
- Emigrant Tr & Foothill Rd2
- Bear Valley Rd & Flynn Rd1
- Bear Valley Rd & Monty Wolf Rd1
- Bear Valley Rd & Quaking Aspen Rd1
Driving in Alpine County?
Compare your route against every one of these 383 collisions and take the one with the fewest.
Plan a safer route
Source: California Highway Patrol Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), via
the Transportation Injury Mapping System at UC Berkeley. Figures cover collisions reported to
the CHP; minor crashes that were never reported do not appear.
Road and intersection names are as recorded by the reporting officer.