Report · 2026 edition
Traffic deaths in Los Angeles County, city by city Federal counts you can check and cite.
This yearly report ranks the 88 cities of Los Angeles County by the number of people who died in traffic crashes over the ten latest years of NHTSA's federal crash census. It also counts pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, alcohol-impaired crashes and hit-and-runs. Every number names its source and year, and a newer provisional count from CHP stays separate.
Key figures
- FARS counts 778 people killed in traffic crashes in Los Angeles County in 2024 (first release).
- In 2023, the latest final year, FARS counts 840.
- From 2015 to 2024, FARS counts 7,783 deaths in the county, about 778 a year.
- In 2024, 316 of the 778 people FARS counts were pedestrians.
- In 2024, 308 of the county's 778 deaths in FARS were in the City of Los Angeles.
- In 2024, FARS counts 148 deaths in hit-and-run crashes in the county.
- CHP's provisional file lists 735 deaths in the county in 2025 (CCRS, as of November 9, 2026); it is a separate count and is not added to FARS.
Countywide by year
| Year | Deaths | Pedestrians | Bicyclists | Motorcyclists | Vehicle occupants | Other | Alcohol-impaired (estimate) | Hit-and-run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024first release | 778 | 316 | 26 | 89 | 335 | 12 | 250 | 148 |
| 2023final | 840 | 290 | 30 | 131 | 378 | 11 | 256 | 152 |
| 2022final | 866 | 307 | 38 | 136 | 366 | 19 | 272 | 143 |
| 2021final | 851 | 312 | 28 | 126 | 380 | 5 | 277 | 132 |
| 2020final | 760 | 264 | 25 | 124 | 341 | 6 | 220 | 126 |
| 2019final | 716 | 280 | 38 | 100 | 291 | 7 | 153 | 106 |
| 2018final | 733 | 248 | 38 | 126 | 315 | 6 | 212 | 100 |
| 2017final | 751 | 265 | 36 | 137 | 306 | 7 | 205 | 96 |
| 2016final | 837 | 278 | 37 | 149 | 362 | 11 | 242 | 122 |
| 2015final | 651 | 209 | 33 | 126 | 271 | 12 | 149 | 102 |
Cities ranked by deaths
The county's 88 cities, ranked by the average number of traffic deaths a year from 2015 to 2024. These are counts, not rates: a larger city ranks higher partly because more people live and travel there.
| Rank and city | Average a year | Total 2015 to 2024 | 2024first release | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Los Angeles | 306.3 | 3,063 | 308 | 341 |
| 2. Long Beach | 37.7 | 377 | 37 | 42 |
| 3. Lancaster | 24.7 | 247 | 31 | 25 |
| 4. Palmdale | 20.9 | 209 | 19 | 20 |
| 5. Pomona | 19.6 | 196 | 24 | 35 |
| 6. Compton | 12.3 | 123 | 4 | 16 |
| 7. West Covina | 9.6 | 96 | 10 | 13 |
| 8. Downey | 9.2 | 92 | 11 | 21 |
| 9. Inglewood | 8.9 | 89 | 9 | 9 |
| 10. Santa Clarita | 8.7 | 87 | 8 | 8 |
| 11. Pasadena | 8.5 | 85 | 7 | 3 |
| 12. Torrance | 7.3 | 73 | 7 | 6 |
| 13. Norwalk | 6.5 | 65 | 7 | 7 |
| 14. Carson | 6.3 | 63 | 6 | 7 |
| 15. Diamond Bar | 5.7 | 57 | 6 | 6 |
| 16. Bellflower | 5.6 | 56 | 4 | 5 |
| 16. Santa Fe Springs | 5.6 | 56 | 7 | 10 |
| 18. Glendale | 5.0 | 50 | 6 | 6 |
| 19. South Gate | 4.8 | 48 | 5 | 9 |
| 20. Malibu | 4.7 | 47 | 1 | 7 |
| 20. Whittier | 4.7 | 47 | 5 | 6 |
| 22. Cerritos | 4.5 | 45 | 7 | 6 |
| 23. Commerce | 4.4 | 44 | 7 | 2 |
| 23. El Monte | 4.4 | 44 | 3 | 5 |
| 25. Lynwood | 4.0 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
| 26. Paramount | 3.9 | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 26. Pico Rivera | 3.9 | 39 | 3 | 5 |
| 26. Santa Monica | 3.9 | 39 | 5 | 6 |
| 29. Hawthorne | 3.7 | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 30. Alhambra | 3.5 | 35 | 4 | 1 |
| 30. Bell | 3.5 | 35 | 4 | 2 |
| 30. Irwindale | 3.5 | 35 | 3 | 3 |
| 30. Monterey Park | 3.5 | 35 | 7 | 4 |
| 34. Gardena | 3.4 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| 35. Burbank | 3.1 | 31 | 5 | 3 |
| 36. Huntington Park | 2.9 | 29 | 2 | 5 |
| 37. Industry | 2.8 | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 38. Azusa | 2.7 | 27 | 3 | 6 |
| 39. Baldwin Park | 2.6 | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 39. Lakewood | 2.6 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 41. Culver City | 2.4 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| 42. Redondo Beach | 2.3 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 43. Arcadia | 2.2 | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| 43. Glendora | 2.2 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 43. Montebello | 2.2 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 46. Rosemead | 2.1 | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| 47. Claremont | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 47. South El Monte | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 47. Vernon | 1.9 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 50. La Mirada | 1.8 | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 50. San Gabriel | 1.8 | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 52. San Dimas | 1.6 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 53. Bell Gardens | 1.5 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| 54. La Puente | 1.3 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 54. Walnut | 1.3 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 56. Calabasas | 1.2 | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 56. San Fernando | 1.2 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 58. Duarte | 1.1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 58. Temple City | 1.1 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| 60. Agoura Hills | 1.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 60. Monrovia | 1.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 60. Signal Hill | 1.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 60. West Hollywood | 1.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 64. Beverly Hills | 0.9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 64. La Verne | 0.9 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 66. Artesia | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 66. Covina | 0.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 66. Cudahy | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 66. La Cañada Flintridge | 0.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 66. Lawndale | 0.8 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 66. Manhattan Beach | 0.8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 72. Westlake Village | 0.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 73. El Segundo | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 73. Maywood | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 75. Hermosa Beach | 0.4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 75. La Habra Heights | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 75. Lomita | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 75. Rancho Palos Verdes | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 75. South Pasadena | 0.4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 80. Hawaiian Gardens | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 80. Palos Verdes Estates | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 82. San Marino | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 83. Rolling Hills Estates | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 83. Sierra Madre | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 85. Avalon | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85. Bradbury | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85. Hidden Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85. Rolling Hills | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Areas outside the cities
FARS also counts deaths outside any city, and names some places that are not incorporated cities: Acton, Castaic, Chatsworth, East Los Angeles, Lake Los Angeles, Montrose, Wilmington. Some are unincorporated communities and some are neighborhoods of a city. We list them as FARS does and do not add them to any city.
| Place | Total 2015 to 2024 | 2024first release | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castaic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chatsworth | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| East Los Angeles | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| Lake Los Angeles | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Montrose | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilmington | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Unincorporated areas | 1,378 | 146 | 130 |
| City not recorded | 7 | 0 | 2 |
Deaths by city and year
| Place | 2024first release | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2015 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agoura Hills | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Alhambra | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 35 |
| Arcadia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 22 |
| Artesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Azusa | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Baldwin Park | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
| Bell | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 35 |
| Bell Gardens | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Bellflower | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 56 |
| Beverly Hills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Burbank | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
| Calabasas | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Carson | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 63 |
| Cerritos | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 45 |
| Claremont | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Commerce | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 44 |
| Compton | 4 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 123 |
| Covina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Cudahy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Culver City | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 |
| Diamond Bar | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 57 |
| Downey | 11 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 92 |
| Duarte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| El Monte | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 44 |
| El Segundo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Gardena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 34 |
| Glendale | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 50 |
| Glendora | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| Hawaiian Gardens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hawthorne | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 37 |
| Hermosa Beach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Huntington Park | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| Industry | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| Inglewood | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 89 |
| Irwindale | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 35 |
| La Cañada Flintridge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| La Habra Heights | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| La Mirada | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| La Puente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| La Verne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Lakewood | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| Lancaster | 31 | 25 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 22 | 29 | 15 | 27 | 20 | 247 |
| Lawndale | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lomita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Long Beach | 37 | 42 | 59 | 37 | 34 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 36 | 32 | 377 |
| Los Angeles | 308 | 341 | 356 | 340 | 292 | 277 | 285 | 294 | 329 | 241 | 3,063 |
| Lynwood | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 40 |
| Malibu | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 47 |
| Manhattan Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Maywood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Monrovia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Montebello | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| Monterey Park | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| Norwalk | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 65 |
| Palmdale | 19 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 209 |
| Palos Verdes Estates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Paramount | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 39 |
| Pasadena | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 85 |
| Pico Rivera | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 39 |
| Pomona | 24 | 35 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 196 |
| Rancho Palos Verdes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Redondo Beach | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| Rolling Hills Estates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosemead | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| San Dimas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| San Fernando | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| San Gabriel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Santa Clarita | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 87 |
| Santa Fe Springs | 7 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 56 |
| Santa Monica | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 39 |
| Sierra Madre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Signal Hill | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| South El Monte | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| South Gate | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 48 |
| South Pasadena | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Temple City | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Torrance | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 73 |
| Vernon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Walnut | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| West Covina | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 96 |
| West Hollywood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Westlake Village | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Whittier | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 47 |
| Acton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Castaic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chatsworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Los Angeles | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Lake Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Montrose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wilmington | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Unincorporated areas | 146 | 130 | 170 | 171 | 135 | 121 | 122 | 130 | 139 | 114 | 1,378 |
| City not recorded | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Los Angeles County | 778 | 840 | 866 | 851 | 760 | 716 | 733 | 751 | 837 | 651 | 7,783 |
Cities with no traffic deaths coded in 2015 to 2024: Avalon, Bradbury, Hidden Hills, Rolling Hills.
Deaths by travel mode
How the people who died were traveling, city by city, for the latest year and the latest final year. Cities are listed by deaths.
| Place | Deaths | Pedestrians | Bicyclists | Motorcyclists | Vehicle occupants | Other | Alcohol-impaired (estimate) | Hit-and-run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 308 | 156 | 13 | 32 | 99 | 8 | 86 | 89 |
| Unincorporated areas | 146 | 44 | 3 | 17 | 81 | 1 | 59 | 15 |
| Long Beach | 37 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Lancaster | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Pomona | 24 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Palmdale | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Downey | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| West Covina | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Inglewood | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Santa Clarita | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cerritos | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Commerce | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Monterey Park | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Norwalk | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pasadena | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Santa Fe Springs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Torrance | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Diamond Bar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Glendale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Burbank | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Monica | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South Gate | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Whittier | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alhambra | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bell Gardens | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bellflower | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Compton | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rosemead | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walnut | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azusa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| El Monte | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Irwindale | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lynwood | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pico Rivera | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Redondo Beach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Fernando | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Claremont | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Culver City | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| East Los Angeles | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Huntington Park | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| La Puente | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Lawndale | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Monrovia | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Montebello | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Signal Hill | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| South El Monte | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Temple City | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Arcadia | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Calabasas | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Covina | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Duarte | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| El Segundo | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Gardena | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Glendora | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Hawthorne | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Hermosa Beach | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Industry | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| La Verne | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Malibu | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Manhattan Beach | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| San Dimas | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Vernon | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| West Hollywood | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Westlake Village | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Los Angeles County | 778 | 316 | 26 | 89 | 335 | 12 | 250 | 148 |
| Place | Deaths | Pedestrians | Bicyclists | Motorcyclists | Vehicle occupants | Other | Alcohol-impaired (estimate) | Hit-and-run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 341 | 153 | 11 | 39 | 132 | 6 | 92 | 81 |
| Unincorporated areas | 130 | 34 | 3 | 22 | 71 | 0 | 44 | 13 |
| Long Beach | 42 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| Pomona | 35 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 8 |
| Lancaster | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Downey | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Palmdale | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Compton | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| West Covina | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Santa Fe Springs | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Inglewood | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| South Gate | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Santa Clarita | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Carson | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Malibu | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norwalk | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Azusa | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Calabasas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cerritos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Diamond Bar | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Glendale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Monica | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Torrance | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Whittier | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Baldwin Park | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bellflower | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| El Monte | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Huntington Park | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pico Rivera | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| East Los Angeles | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hawthorne | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Monterey Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Burbank | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Irwindale | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lynwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paramount | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pasadena | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| San Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arcadia | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Bell | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| City not recorded | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Commerce | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Industry | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| La Mirada | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Lakewood | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Redondo Beach | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Rosemead | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| South Pasadena | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Temple City | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Agoura Hills | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Alhambra | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Bell Gardens | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Claremont | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Culver City | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Duarte | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Hermosa Beach | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| La Puente | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| La Verne | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Lawndale | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Montebello | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| San Dimas | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| San Fernando | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| South El Monte | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Walnut | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||||||
| Los Angeles County | 840 | 290 | 30 | 131 | 378 | 11 | 256 | 152 |
Most deaths by mode
The ten cities with the most deaths of each kind, 2015 to 2024 combined. A city with a year of fewer than 3 deaths is left out of these lists, because its split for that year is not shown.
| Rank | Pedestrians | Bicyclists | Motorcyclists | Alcohol-impaired (estimate) | Hit-and-run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles (1,347) | Los Angeles (158) | Los Angeles (473) | Los Angeles (855) | Los Angeles (664) |
| 2 | Long Beach (148) | Long Beach (14) | Long Beach (54) | Long Beach (110) | Long Beach (61) |
| 3 | Pomona (69) | Compton (12) | Lancaster (37) | Lancaster (76) | Pomona (37) |
| 4 | Lancaster (66) | Lancaster (8) | Palmdale (28) | Pomona (59) | Lancaster (25) |
| 5 | Palmdale (50) | Pomona (8) | Pomona (27) | Palmdale (57) | Palmdale (24) |
| 6 | Compton (46) | Downey (5) | Pasadena (15) | Santa Clarita (33) | Compton (23) |
| 7 | Inglewood (34) | Inglewood (5) | Torrance (15) | Compton (31) | Downey (16) |
| 8 | Pasadena (31) | Santa Clarita (3) | Compton (14) | West Covina (31) | Inglewood (15) |
| 9 | West Covina (30) | Torrance (3) | West Covina (14) | Pasadena (26) | Carson (9) |
| 10 | Carson (28) | Carson (2) | Downey (13) | Downey (25) | Pasadena (9) |
Provisional count from CHP
NHTSA has not published 2025 yet. CHP's own file gives an early count. It is a different source with its own rules, so it sits here on its own and is never added to or ranked with the FARS numbers.
| Place | Deaths | Pedestrians | Bicyclists | Hit-and-run |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 342 | 167 | 13 | 99 |
| Long Beach | 19 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Pomona | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Palmdale | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Santa Clarita | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Lancaster | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bellflower | 10 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Claremont | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Inglewood | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Norwalk | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| South Gate | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Whittier | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Downey | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Diamond Bar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| El Monte | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Santa Monica | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Torrance | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| West Covina | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldwin Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Compton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paramount | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pasadena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arcadia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Glendale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawthorne | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Huntington Park | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Industry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Mirada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lynwood | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosemead | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| San Dimas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| San Gabriel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Fe Springs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Temple City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Hollywood | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alhambra | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Carson | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Commerce | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| El Segundo | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Glendora | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Irwindale | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Lawndale | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Pico Rivera | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Signal Hill | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Vernon | 2 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Azusa | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Bell Gardens | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Burbank | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Calabasas | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Cerritos | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Culver City | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Duarte | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Gardena | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| La Verne | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Lakewood | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Lomita | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Malibu | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Maywood | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Monrovia | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Montebello | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Rolling Hills Estates | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| South El Monte | 1 | Fewer than 3 deaths: split not shown | ||
| Beverly Hills | CHP's 2025 file has an error for this place, so we do not show its provisional count. | |||
| Unincorporated areas | 150 | 35 | 3 | 21 |
| Los Angeles County | 735 | 286 | 30 | 149 |
For 2024, FARS counts 778 deaths in Los Angeles County. CHP's file counts 801 for the same year.
This count is not added to the FARS numbers above. CHP's file still changes as reports arrive, and NHTSA has not published 2025 yet. Motorcyclists, vehicle occupants and alcohol are not shown because CHP has not posted its 2025 parties file.
What the numbers count
- People who died within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle on a public road in California: drivers, passengers, people walking, and people on bicycles and motorcycles.
- Each crash counts in the city and county where it happened, not where the person lived. A freeway crash inside a city's limits counts for that city.
- Alcohol-impaired is NHTSA's estimate of deaths in crashes where a driver's blood alcohol was 0.08 or higher. NHTSA fills in missing test results with a statistical method. It is not a police finding or a criminal charge.
- Hit-and-run counts every death in a crash where a driver left the scene.
Not counted:
- Deaths more than 30 days after the crash, crashes on private property such as parking lots and driveways, and injuries that were not fatal.
- Who caused a crash. A count says how many people died. It does not say who was at fault in any crash.
Small places have small numbers, and one crash can be most of a year. When fewer than 3 people died in a place in a year, the split by mode is not shown.
Where the numbers come from
The counts are from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the federal census of fatal crashes: the National CSV files for 2015 to 2024, downloaded from static.nhtsa.gov, with file dates from February 4, 2026 to June 24, 2026.
NHTSA's files through 2023 are final. The 2024 file is NHTSA's first release, and its numbers can change slightly when the final file comes out. Definitions follow NHTSA's FARS Analytical User's Manual, 1975 to 2024.
The provisional 2025 counts are from the California Highway Patrol's California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on the state's open data portal, listed there as public domain, as of November 9, 2026. We counted each agency report once (2 filed twice), set aside 2 rows with a negative count, and withheld the places those rows belong to.
Which places are incorporated cities comes from the California Department of Technology's list of cities and towns, retrieved November 9, 2026. FARS records the City of Irvine's crashes under the place name East Irvine, which lies inside Irvine; we count them for Irvine.
As a cross-check, we compared these FARS totals with the SWITRS figures that UC Berkeley's Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) shows for several cities and counties in 2023 and 2024. City totals differed by 7 deaths or fewer in each year, and county totals by 29 or fewer. We link TIMS and do not copy its data.
We built these tables on November 9, 2026 with a script that keeps California's rows and stores counts only: no names, addresses, dates or locations of any crash. This tool does not store or send what you pick.
You may quote these counts with credit to NHTSA FARS (and to CHP for a provisional year) and to this page.
How we counted
FARS files used
- FARS2024NationalCSV.zip: 2024, first release, file dated April 1, 2026
- FARS2023NationalCSV.zip: 2023, final, file dated April 1, 2026
- FARS2022NationalCSV.zip: 2022, final, file dated April 1, 2026
- FARS2021NationalCSV.zip: 2021, final, file dated June 24, 2026
- FARS2020NationalCSV.zip: 2020, final, file dated February 4, 2026
- FARS2019NationalCSV.zip: 2019, final, file dated February 4, 2026
- FARS2018NationalCSV.zip: 2018, final, file dated February 4, 2026
- FARS2017NationalCSV.zip: 2017, final, file dated February 4, 2026
- FARS2016NationalCSV.zip: 2016, final, file dated February 4, 2026
- FARS2015NationalCSV.zip: 2015, final, file dated February 4, 2026
How to cite this report:
Wise Law, "Traffic deaths in Los Angeles County, city by city," 2026 edition, from NHTSA FARS 2015 to 2024, https://www.wiseinjuryfirm.com/library/tools/los-angeles-county-traffic-deaths/
Found a number that looks wrong? Write to mail@wiseinjuryfirm.com and we will check it against the source.
This is the first edition, published in November 2026. We update it once a year, after NHTSA's spring release, and the provisional column more often. To see any other California county or city, use Fatal crash facts by city, which reads the same files.
You may quote and reuse these counts. Please credit NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (and the California Highway Patrol for the provisional year) and link this page, and give the data year you use. The PDF carries the same tables.
Each number in this report is a person. If someone in your family died in a crash, the first 48 hours list covers what can wait, and the documents checklist lists the records a family can ask for.