TABLE 5: PEDESTRIANS AS A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES -- 2001

 

RANK

COUNTY

2001 Total

traffic

fatalities

2001

pedestrian

fatalities

% of total

traffic

fatalities

1

San Francisco

40

20

50.0%

2

Marin

12

4

33.3%

3

Los Angeles

768

233

30.3%

4

Orange

207

54

26.1%

5

Contra Costa

57

14

24.6%

6

San Diego

290

66

22.8%

7

Alameda

111

24

21.6%

8

Sacramento

147

30

20.4%

9

Santa Clara

113

22

19.5%

10

San Mateo

33

6

18.2%

11

Ventura

73

13

17.8%

12

Stanislaus

85

14

16.5%

13

Santa Barbara

38

6

15.8%

14

Placer

32

5

15.6%

15

San Bernardino

334

52

15.6%

16

Merced

72

11

15.3%

17

Humboldt

20

3

15.0%

18

Solano

41

6

14.6%

19

San Joaquin

120

17

14.2%

20

Riverside

262

35

13.4%

21

Napa

16

2

12.5%

22

Fresno

149

18

12.1%

23

Santa Cruz

25

3

12.0%

24

Kern

143

16

11.2%

25

Madera

46

5

10.9%

26

Sonoma

59

6

10.2%

27

Tulare

81

8

9.9%

28

El Dorado

22

2

9.1%

29

Kings

35

3

8.6%

30

Butte

38

2

5.3%

31

Monterey

61

3

4.9%

32

Shasta

44

2

4.5%

33

San Luis Obispo

44

2

4.5%

34

Yolo

24

1

4.2%

35

Imperial

45

1

2.2%

 

California

3886

721

18.6%

 

Source: 2001 Provisional traffic injury & fatality numbers from the California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS)