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Claim it before someone else doesReported traffic injuries & collisions β Sonoma County
Injury rate: 451.5 per 100k Β· Fatality rate: 4.6 per 100k Β· Pop. 174,972
Rate per 100,000 residents β the only fair way to compare a city to its county and state.
In 2025, Santa Rosa's injury rate of 451.5 per 100k ran 20% above the county average and 14% below the state average.
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Reported collisions by time of day and weekday, 2020β2025.
Most collisions are reported on Tuesdays and between 3pβ6p.
Ranked by injuries and fatalities, 2020β2025.
Junctions with the most reported crashes.
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| Year βΌ | Fatal | Injury | Killed | Injured | Serious | Pop. | Inj/100k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026prov | 1 | 391 | 1 | 535 | 43 | 174,972 | 305.8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 562 | 8 | 790 | 60 | 174,972 | 451.5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 547 | 6 | 769 | 48 | 174,972 | 439.5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 528 | 1 | 720 | 45 | 174,972 | 411.5 |
| 2022 | 10 | 414 | 10 | 564 | 48 | 174,972 | 322.3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 327 | 6 | 452 | 44 | 174,972 | 258.3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 475 | 6 | 672 | 38 | 174,972 | 384.1 |
Source: CCRS via data.ca.gov + CA city population. Collision counts are reported crashes from California's Crash Reporting System (CCRS), published on data.ca.gov and aggregated to city jurisdiction; fatality totals are cross-checked against NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). Rates per 100,000 use annual city population. Years marked prov are provisional and update as the record is finalized.
Santa Rosa sits where US-101 threads through Sonoma County, and much of daily life here moves along it, along with Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa Avenue and Route 12. Those four corridors also show up most often in public collision records for the city. In 2025, the most recent final reporting year, Santa Rosa logged 562 injury collisions that left 790 people hurt and 8 people dead. Reports tend to cluster on Tuesdays between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., the tail end of the evening commute out of downtown and past Railroad Square. Behind each of those numbers is someone who suddenly had a car to replace, appointments to keep, and questions nobody around them could answer. LawProactive exists for that moment. We are a free service that connects you with an independent personal injury attorney who handles cases in Sonoma County. We are not a law firm, we do not give legal advice, and we never charge you anything. The attorney you are matched with works on contingency, so there is no fee unless your case ends in a recovery. If you were hurt in a crash, a fall, a dog bite, or another incident in Santa Rosa, tell us what happened and we will take it from there.
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Important legal information for accident victims in Santa Rosa, California.
2 years from the date of injury
Pure Comparative Fault
$15,000/$30,000/$5,000
Understanding these rules can significantly impact your case outcome.
California follows pure comparative negligence, meaning you can recover damages even if you're 99% at fault.
The state requires all drivers to carry minimum liability insurance.
California has no cap on non-economic damages in most personal injury cases.
You have 2 years to file a lawsuit after an accident.
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California follows pure comparative fault. If you share some blame, your recovery is reduced by your percentage of fault, but it is not erased.
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