Regional Emphasis Areas
SLO County Regional Emphasis Area Data
These statistics are based on data from the CA SWITRS database, 2018-2022 for SLO County.
Reducing Speed
Unsafe speeds play a role in 17% of fatal and severe injury roadway departure crashes. Lowering vehicle speeds reduces the risk of fatal and severe injury crashes.
Impaired & Distracted Driving
32% of fatal and severe injury crashes involved an impaired driver. Distracted driving is associated with many crashes although data is not available to correlate an accurate representation of its contributing factor.Â
Vulnerable Road Users
Pedestrians and bicyclists were involved in 22% of all fatal/severe injury crashes in the region. Vulnerable users are more susceptible to severe outcomes when involved in a crash.
Motorcyclists
Crashes involving a motorcycle account for 24% of all fatal/severe injury crashes as compared to 18% of all statewide fatal/severe injury crashes.
Animal Strikes
There are over 90 reported animal strikes per year with an average of 2 per year resulting in a fatal or severe outcome (for humans involved).
Rail Crossings
The rail network in our region is an important component of the transportation network and crashes involving trains often result in severe outcomes.
Young & Aging Drivers
21% of victims in the region resulted from a
crash involving a driver age 24 or younger.
Aging drivers account for 17% of all fatal/severe injury crashes as compared to 12% of all statewide fatal/severe injury crashes.
Unhoused Community
While housing status is not currently a recorded element of traffic reporting outcomes, SLOCOG is working with the County Coroners office to determine this figure. Anecdotally and data from City of SLO indicate the Unhoused Community is an increasing challenge area County wide.