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Fatal crashes on I-80 in California
Every fatal crash NHTSA coded to Interstate 80, also written as Dwight D Eisenhower Fwy, Eastshore Fwy, in California, 2020 to 2024, with the year, the county and what the record says about each. Fatal crashes only, and a count, not a rate: the federal record has no traffic volume for a road.
I-80 in California2020 to 2024 · fatal crashes recorded by NHTSA
236fatal crashes over five years · 261 deaths
Over 2020 to 2024, NHTSA recorded 236 fatal crashes on I-80 in California, in which 261 people died. That is 1% of the 19,496 fatal crashes recorded in California in those years, about 47 a year. 20 of the 236 were coded to a ramp, frontage or service road of I-80 rather than the main lanes. In 2024, the latest year, 33 were recorded.
- Counted
- FARS crashes 2020 to 2024 in California whose TWAY_ID or TWAY_ID2 begins I-80, with or without a local name (Dwight D Eisenhower Fwy, Eastshore Fwy)
- Share
- 236 ÷ 19,496 fatal crashes in California = 1%
Every year, 2020 to 2024
| Year | Fatal crashes on I-80 | Deaths | Fatal crashes in California | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 57 | 64 | 3,673 | 2% |
| 2021 | 53 | 58 | 4,196 | 1% |
| 2022 | 45 | 51 | 4,218 | 1% |
| 2023 | 48 | 52 | 3,826 | 1% |
| 2024 | 33 | 36 | 3,583 | 1% |
2024 is NHTSA’s Annual Report File and will be revised when the final file replaces it.
Where on I-80: by county, 2020 to 2024
The counties the crashes were coded to, alphabetical. A road’s count in a county depends on how many miles of it run there and how busy they are; the page does not rank the counties. Each name opens the county page with its own rate.
What the record says about those crashes, 2020 to 2024
Every figure is a count of the 236 fatal crashes NHTSA coded to I-80 in California over five years, from the fields FARS records. Nothing is estimated or inferred.
| Road type | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Interstate | 232 | 98% |
| Other freeway or expressway | 1 | 0% |
| Other principal arterial | 2 | 1% |
| Minor arterial | 1 | 0% |
| Major collector | 0 | 0% |
| Minor collector | 0 | 0% |
| Local road | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown or not reported | 0 | 0% |
| Rural | 47 | 20% |
| Urban | 189 | 80% |
| Time of day | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Midnight to 5:59 am | 100 | 42% |
| 6 am to 11:59 am | 30 | 13% |
| Noon to 5:59 pm | 40 | 17% |
| 6 pm to 11:59 pm | 58 | 25% |
| Hour unknown | 8 | 3% |
| Light | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daylight | 66 | 28% |
| Dark, not lighted (or lighting unknown) | 92 | 39% |
| Dark, lighted | 73 | 31% |
| Dawn or dusk | 5 | 2% |
| Unknown or not reported | 0 | 0% |
| Day of week | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 55 | 23% |
| Monday | 24 | 10% |
| Tuesday | 25 | 11% |
| Wednesday | 29 | 12% |
| Thursday | 39 | 17% |
| Friday | 22 | 9% |
| Saturday | 42 | 18% |
| Month | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| January | 26 | 11% |
| February | 19 | 8% |
| March | 18 | 8% |
| April | 18 | 8% |
| May | 16 | 7% |
| June | 17 | 7% |
| July | 17 | 7% |
| August | 17 | 7% |
| September | 20 | 8% |
| October | 25 | 11% |
| November | 23 | 10% |
| December | 20 | 8% |
| Weather | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | 187 | 79% |
| Cloudy | 29 | 12% |
| Rain | 12 | 5% |
| Snow, sleet or freezing rain | 2 | 1% |
| Fog, smog or smoke | 5 | 2% |
| Severe wind, blowing sand or other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown or not reported | 1 | 0% |
| Involving | Crashes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A pedestrian | 52 | 22% |
| A bicyclist or other cyclist | 2 | 1% |
| A speeding-related vehicle | 74 | 31% |
| A driver police reported as drinking | 65 | 28% |
| A large truck (over 10,000 lb) | 27 | 11% |
| A motorcycle | 28 | 12% |
| A hit-and-run vehicle | 20 | 8% |
| A teen driver (15 to 19) | 18 | 8% |
Road type is FARS FUNC_SYS for the crash, which can differ from the route’s class where a crash was coded on a frontage road or ramp; speeding is any vehicle coded SPEEDREL 2 to 5; drinking is any driver coded DRINKING = 1 (police-reported, not a blood-alcohol test).
How this is counted
- The road is the designation FARS wrote. Each crash in NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System names the trafficway it was on (
TWAY_ID) and, at an intersection, a second one (TWAY_ID2). NHTSA standardises the route designation (I-45,US-59,SR-6) and the police often add a local name after it (I-45/NORTH FWY) or a ramp or frontage word. The page counts every crash whose designation is I-80, once, whatever followed it. Nothing else is matched: a crash coded only to a local street name is not here even if that street is this road. - Same number, another state, another road. I-80 in California is counted within California only. Where the route continues into a neighbouring state it has its own page there, and a State Route number means nothing outside its state.
- Only roads with ten or more fatal crashes over 2020 to 2024 have a page. Fewer is too few to say anything, and the county page already lists the most-named roads in each county as the police wrote them.
- No rate, no rank. The California page lists every numbered road in route order with its count and nothing else. Roads with more lanes, more miles or more traffic record more fatal crashes; the record cannot separate those from the road’s design.
Informational only, not professional advice. Last reviewed: October 2026. Data snapshot built 2026-10-30.
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In route order, first thirty; the full list is on the California page.