TABLE 1: MOST DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA COUNTIES FOR PEDESTRIANS — 1998 All California Counties Above 100,000 population as of 1/1/99 |
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| Rank 1998 |
Rank 1997 |
COUNTY | Pedestrian Fatalities 1998 (1) |
Pedestrian Injuries 1998 (1) |
Population 1998 (2) |
Incident Rate |
Pedestrian Exposure Index (3) |
California Pedestrian Danger Index |
1 |
4 |
LOS ANGELES | 200 |
5541 |
9,757,500 |
58.8 |
3.3 |
100.0 |
2 |
1 |
SANTA CLARA | 33 |
600 |
1,715,400 |
36.9 |
2.1 |
98.5 |
3 |
5 |
SAN MATEO | 9 |
319 |
722,800 |
45.4 |
2.6 |
98.2 |
4 |
2 |
SACRAMENTO | 25 |
475 |
1,177,800 |
42.5 |
2.4 |
96.4 |
5 |
3 |
CONTRA COSTA | 5 |
284 |
916,400 |
31.5 |
1.8 |
94.9 |
6 |
7 |
KERN | 19 |
227 |
648,400 |
37.9 |
2.4 |
88.4 |
7 |
11 |
STANISLAUS | 6 |
182 |
433,000 |
43.4 |
2.8 |
84.4 |
8 |
6 |
ORANGE | 36 |
909 |
2,775,600 |
34.0 |
2.2 |
84.3 |
9 |
22 |
PLACER | 4 |
78 |
225,900 |
36.3 |
2.4 |
82.1 |
10 |
9 |
ALAMEDA | 26 |
811 |
1,433,300 |
58.4 |
4.0 |
81.4 |
11 |
12 |
SANTA CRUZ | 2 |
136 |
252,800 |
54.6 |
3.8 |
80.0 |
12 |
10 |
SOLANO | 6 |
133 |
390,100 |
35.6 |
2.5 |
79.9 |
13 |
16 |
MARIN | 4 |
96 |
247,900 |
40.3 |
3.0 |
74.6 |
14 |
8 |
SAN JOAQUIN | 14 |
203 |
554,400 |
39.1 |
2.9 |
73.8 |
15 |
13 |
SAN FRANCISCO | 32 |
987 |
790,500 |
128.9 |
9.8 |
72.5 |
16 |
20 |
MADERA | 7 |
40 |
115,800 |
40.6 |
3.2 |
70.6 |
17 |
14 |
VENTURA | 10 |
224 |
742,000 |
31.5 |
2.5 |
69.4 |
18 |
15 |
SHASTA | 2 |
52 |
165,400 |
32.6 |
2.7 |
68.1 |
19 |
17 |
FRESNO | 26 |
264 |
793,800 |
36.5 |
3.2 |
63.5 |
20 |
19 |
SAN BERNARDINO | 44 |
475 |
1,654,000 |
31.4 |
2.9 |
60.6 |
21 |
21 |
RIVERSIDE | 41 |
328 |
1,473,300 |
25.0 |
2.5 |
56.1 |
22 |
18 |
SONOMA | 9 |
137 |
443,700 |
32.9 |
3.3 |
55.8 |
23 |
23 |
SAN DIEGO | 72 |
1152 |
2,853,300 |
42.9 |
4.5 |
52.4 |
24 |
25 |
TULARE | 10 |
102 |
363,300 |
30.8 |
3.4 |
50.4 |
25 |
32 |
IMPERIAL | 8 |
50 |
142,700 |
40.6 |
4.7 |
48.2 |
26 |
27 |
SANTA BARBARA | 7 |
141 |
409,000 |
36.2 |
4.5 |
44.5 |
27 |
24 |
BUTTE | 5 |
55 |
201,900 |
29.7 |
3.8 |
42.8 |
28 |
28 |
MERCED | 5 |
74 |
206,900 |
38.2 |
5.0 |
42.5 |
29 |
29 |
HUMBOLDT | 0 |
57 |
128,100 |
44.5 |
6.0 |
41.3 |
30 |
26 |
EL DORADO | 1 |
32 |
150,800 |
21.9 |
3.4 |
35.8 |
31 |
35 |
NAPA | 1 |
36 |
124,600 |
29.7 |
5.1 |
32.3 |
32 |
33 |
MONTEREY | 7 |
148 |
391,300 |
39.6 |
7.1 |
30.9 |
33 |
34 |
YOLO | 4 |
32 |
158,800 |
22.7 |
4.2 |
29.9 |
34 |
31 |
KINGS | 2 |
23 |
128,300 |
19.5 |
4.0 |
26.6 |
35 |
30 |
SAN LUIS OBISPO | 1 |
44 |
241,600 |
18.6 |
4.0 |
25.7 |
| Sources: (1) 1998 Annual Report of Fatal and Injury Motor Vehicle Traffic
Collisions, Department of California Highway Patrol; (2) 1998 Population Estimates, California Department of Finance; (3) 1990 Census; Journey to Work Statistics. |
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