TABLE 2: MOST DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA CITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS -- 2001

All California Cities Above 100,000 population as of 1/1/2002

 

 

2001

Rank

City (County)

Pedestrian

Fatalities

 2001 (1)

Pedestrian

Injuries

 2001 (1)

Population

2001 (2)

Pedestrian

Incident

Rate

2001

Pedestrian

 Exposure

Index (3)

Pedestrian

Danger

 Index

2001*

1

Vallejo (Solano)

3

60

118,600

53.1

1.2

100

2

Inglewood (Los Angeles)

1

85

115,100

74.7

2.0

84.4

3

Oxnard (Ventura)

2

101

182,000

56.6

1.6

79.9

4

Oceanside (San Diego)

3

66

167,200

41.3

1.3

71.7

5

Modesto (Stanislaus)

4

98

198,600

51.4

1.7

68.2

6

San Jose (Santa Clara)

14

370

918,000

41.8

1.4

67.5

7

Richmond (Contra Costa)

3

54

101,100

56.4

1.9

67.0

8

Moreno Valley (Riverside)

5

25

146,400

20.5

0.7

66.1

9

Stockton (San Joaquin)

5

158

253,800

64.2

2.2

65.9

10

Long Beach (Los Angeles)

11

322

473,100

70.4

2.5

63.6

11

Fremont (Alameda)

3

60

208,600

30.2

1.1

62.0

12

Downey (Los Angeles)

4

35

110,400

35.3

1.3

61.4

13

Fontana (San Bernardino)

5

40

139,100

32.4

1.2

60.9

14

Lancaster (Los Angeles)

2

51

123,100

43.1

1.6

60.8

15

Bakersfield (Kern)

5

80

257,900

33.0

1.3

57.3

16

Pomona (Los Angeles)

7

71

153,900

50.7

2.0

57.2

17

Norwalk (Los Angeles)

0

62

106,700

58.1

2.3

57.1

18

Daly City (San Mateo)

0

34

104,400

32.6

1.3

56.6

19

Santa Ana (Orange)

2

183

343,700

53.8

2.2

55.3

20

Chula Vista (San Diego)

3

67

190,900

36.7

1.5

55.2

21

Torrance (Los Angeles)

0

45

142,100

31.7

1.3

55.0

22

Garden Grove (Orange)

5

55

168,600

35.6

1.5

53.6

23

Sacramento (Sacramento)

12

269

426,000

66.0

2.8

53.2

24

West Covina (Los Angeles)

1

27

109,100

25.7

1.1

52.7

25

Hayward (Alameda)

1

69

144,300

48.5

2.1

52.2

26

Fairfield (Solano)

0

39

100,200

38.9

1.7

51.7

27

Ontario (San Bernardino)

5

50

162,300

33.9

1.5

51.0

28

Los Angeles (Los Angeles)

116