Traffic Collisions in San Diego County

2014 – 2025
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
166,742
Collisions
3,113
People killed
227,095
People injured
36%
On state highways

Between 2014 and 2025, 166,742 collisions were reported to the CHP in San Diego County. They killed 3,113 people and injured 227,095. Annual collisions are essentially flat since 2014. The single most common time for a crash here is 5 PM on a Thursday.

Collisions by year

2014 13,850
2015 14,774
2016 15,503
2017 14,916
2018 14,754
2019 14,323
2020 10,952
2021 13,237
2022 12,844
2023 13,612
2024 14,187
2025 13,790

When crashes happen

12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Sunday 22,192
Monday 24,070
Tuesday 24,861
Wednesday 24,771
Thursday 26,900
Friday 23,371
Saturday 20,577

Roads With the Most Collisions

Freeways

  1. I-512,952
  2. I-87,443
  3. I-157,075
  4. I-8056,819
  5. SR-784,365
  6. SR-943,836
  7. SR-762,540
  8. SR-1631,944

City Streets

  1. Broadway1,659
  2. El Cajon Blvd1,578
  3. University Ave1,427
  4. Mission Ave957
  5. Main St828
  6. Grand Ave799
  7. Palm Ave771
  8. College Blvd717

Intersections With the Most Collisions

Involving a freeway

  1. Nordahl Rd & SR-78487
  2. I-5 & Via De La Valle477
  3. I-8 & SR-163471
  4. I-8 & I-805438
  5. SR-15 & SR-94404
  6. I-15 & I-8390
  7. I-5 & La Costa Ave387
  8. I-5 & Las Pulgas Rd375

City streets only

  1. Jamacha Rd & Sweetwater Rd160
  2. Palm Ave & Saturn Blvd149
  3. Broadway & Mission Ave111
  4. College Blvd & Oceanside Blvd103
  5. Winter Gardens Blvd & Woodside Ave100
  6. Nimitz Blvd & Sunset Cliffs Blvd99
  7. Otay Lakes Rd & Wueste Rd94
  8. Mira Mesa Blvd & Westview Pkwy90

Driving in San Diego County?

Compare your route against every one of these 166,742 collisions and take the one with the fewest.

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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.