Road Traffic Injuries

This table contains data on the annual number of fatal and severe road traffic injuries per population and per miles traveled by transport mode, for California, its regions, counties, county divisions, cities/towns, and census tracts. Injury data is from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), California Highway Patrol (CHP), 2002-2010 data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) . The table is part of a series of indicators in the [Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project of the Office of Health Equity]. Transportation accidents are the second leading cause of death in California for people under the age of 45 and account for an average of 4,018 deaths per year (2006-2010). Risks of injury in traffic collisions are greatest for motorcyclists, pedestrians, and bicyclists and lowest for bus and rail passengers. Minority communities bear a disproportionate share of pedestrian-car fatalities; Native American male pedestrians experience 4 times the death rate as Whites or Asians, and African-Americans and Latinos experience twice the rate as Whites or Asians. More information about the data table and a data dictionary can be found in the About/Attachments section.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
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Program Office of Health Equity, Healthy Places Team
Homepage URL https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/HCI-Search.aspx
Temporal Coverage

2002 to 2010; 2002-2004, 2005-2007, and 2008-2010 3 year averages; 2006-2010 5 year average

Spatial/Geographic Coverage

California

Geographic Granularity Census Tract
Language English (EN)
Frequency Other
Source Link https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/Pages/HCI-Search.aspx
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Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Secondary Sources

Numerator: Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS), California Highway Patrol (CHP), 2002-2010 data from the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS) (http://www.tims.berkeley.edu). Denominator 1: Historical Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2000-2010, Demographic Research Unit, Department of Finance (DOF) (http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/reports/estimates/e-8/2000-10/view.php). U.S. Census Bureau, 2006-2010 American Community Survey (http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml). Denominator 2: California Public Road data (CPR); Division of Research, Innovation and System Information; Office of Highway System Information & Performance; Highway Performance Monitoring System; California Department of Transportation http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hpms/datalibrary.php).

Citation

Healthy Communities Data and Indicators Project, CDPH and UCSF. 2015. Road Traffic Injuries 2002-2010

Last Updated October 1, 2020, 15:59 (UTC)