Traffic Collisions in Lake County

2014 – 2025
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
3,747
Collisions
199
People killed
5,056
People injured
61%
On state highways

Between 2014 and 2025, 3,747 collisions were reported to the CHP in Lake County. They killed 199 people and injured 5,056. Annual collisions have risen 44% since 2014 — against the statewide trend. The single most common time for a crash here is 4 PM on a Friday.

Collisions by year

2014 222
2015 311
2016 320
2017 306
2018 280
2019 286
2020 346
2021 364
2022 336
2023 323
2024 333
2025 320

When crashes happen

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Sunday 524
Monday 527
Tuesday 531
Wednesday 553
Thursday 558
Friday 564
Saturday 490

Roads With the Most Collisions

Freeways

  1. SR-20921
  2. SR-29890
  3. SR-175232
  4. SR-53231
  5. SR-28143
  6. Evan Hewes Highway1

City Streets

  1. Soda Bay Rd118
  2. Lakeshore Dr95
  3. Lakeshore Blvd81
  4. Butts Canyon Rd39
  5. Bottle Rock Rd35
  6. Spruce Grove Rd31
  7. 11th St29
  8. Morgan Valley Rd29

Intersections With the Most Collisions

Involving a freeway

  1. SR-175 & SR-2990
  2. SR-20 & Walker Ridge Rd57
  3. SR-281 & SR-2956
  4. Lakeshore Dr & SR-5353
  5. Diener Dr & SR-2941
  6. New Long Valley Rd & SR-2039
  7. SR-29 & Spruce Grove Rd38
  8. SR-20 & SR-5336

City streets only

  1. Lakeshore Blvd & Nice-Lucerne Cutoff16
  2. 11th St & North Forbes St12
  3. Lakeshore Blvd & Park Way12
  4. Mission Rancheria Rd & Soda Bay Rd12
  5. Butts Canyon Rd & Guenoc Rd11
  6. Jessie St & Lake St9
  7. Soda Bay Rd & Stone Dr9
  8. Bonham Rd & Morgan Valley Rd8

Driving in Lake County?

Compare your route against every one of these 3,747 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.