Car Accidents in Santa Rosa, CA: Police Reports and Crash Data
Key crash statistics, high-risk roads, and accident report resources in Santa Rosa, CA.
We pay close attention to the unique traffic patterns, busy corridors, and intersections that matter most to our neighbors. Santa Rosa and a handful of nearby Sonoma County cities see the majority of the county’s serious crashes, and we know how important it is to stay informed about local safety concerns, whether you’re driving, biking, or walking around town.
When a crash happens, figuring out which agency responded and how to get your report can be confusing. Our team is here to help you navigate that process, answer your questions, and make sure you have the information you need, no matter where your accident happened in Santa Rosa.
If you've been in a crash, where it happened matters: whether it occurred within city limits or on a county road or highway determines which agency writes the report and where you can get a copy. Read on for a detailed look at Santa Rosa, CA crash statistics, step-by-step instructions for obtaining police reports, and resources to help you stay safe in the city.
Getting a Santa Rosa Collision Report
Santa Rosa police handle crashes on city streets, and the California Highway Patrol handles the freeways and expressways. CHP’s Santa Rosa Area office serves most of Sonoma County, but the office itself is in Rohnert Park, at 6100 LaBath Avenue, open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For a crash on a city street, the report comes from the Santa Rosa Police Department Records Bureau at 965 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404. The Records Counter is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the department’s main line is 707-543-3600. Print the Report Request Form, which comes in English and Spanish, and mark Collision as the incident type. A copy costs $2.
You can bring the form to the counter with valid government-issued ID, or mail it with a $2 check payable to City of Santa Rosa, in which case the request has to be notarized. Requests are handled in the order they arrive and can take 3 to 4 weeks, and walking in doesn’t guarantee you’ll leave with the report that day. Anyone involved in the collision is entitled to a copy, which covers drivers, passengers and registered vehicle owners, and an insurer can request one on a participant’s behalf.
If CHP took the report, you request it with a CHP 190 Collision Request Form. California drivers may also owe the DMV an SR-1 report of their own, depending on injuries and damage, and our California crash report guide covers both.
Don’t want to deal with the form and the notary, or not sure which agency took your report? We can get a copy of your report for you at no cost.
What Santa Rosa’s Crash Numbers Show
| Measure | Figure | Year | Source |
| People killed or injured in traffic crashes (combined) | 497 | 2023 | California Office of Traffic Safety |
| Pedestrians killed or injured (combined) | 37 | 2023 | California Office of Traffic Safety |
| Bicyclists killed or injured (combined) | 23 | 2023 | California Office of Traffic Safety |
| Motorcyclists killed or injured (combined) | 26 | 2023 | California Office of Traffic Safety |
| People killed or injured in alcohol-involved crashes (combined) | 75 | 2023 | California Office of Traffic Safety |
| DUI arrests by Santa Rosa police | 614 | 2025 | Santa Rosa Police Department |
The 2023 rows come from the California Office of Traffic Safety’s Santa Rosa ranking, the most recent published city figures, and OTS counts the people killed and the people injured together without listing deaths separately. The same OTS page counts 74 speed-related collisions and 39 hit-and-run collisions that killed or injured someone in the city that year. Five of the pedestrians were 65 or older and three were under 15. The DUI figure is the police department’s own count for calendar year 2025.
Santa Rosa Corridors on the County and City Safety Lists
Sonoma County’s Vision Zero Action Plan, dated March 2022, maps a 209-mile High Injury Network across the county and finds its high-injury segments and intersections concentrated in Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park and Petaluma. Inside the city, Santa Rosa’s 2022 Local Road Safety Plan took its focus corridors from the priority list in the city’s 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.
Stony Point Road, West Third Street to Sebastopol Road. The city has this stretch on its High Injury Network for bicyclists and pedestrians, meaning fatal or severe-injury collisions happen here more often than on other corridors, and it is also a Local Road Safety Plan focus corridor. The city’s Stony Point Road corridor study describes a high-speed arterial carrying 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles a day at posted speeds of 35 to 40 mph. It is a key north-south route for people walking and biking across Highway 12, and the study recommends reworking the crossings at the Highway 12 ramps, including the Joe Rodota Trail crossing.
Santa Rosa Avenue, south Santa Rosa. The Sonoma County Transportation Authority’s South Santa Rosa Community-Based Transportation Plan lists Santa Rosa Avenue among the county Vision Zero plan’s high-injury corridors in the city. The same plan records a history of collisions along Santa Rosa Avenue, including fatal and severe-injury crashes. Hearn Avenue and Kawana Springs Road are on that county list too.
Fourth Street, E Street to Farmers Lane, and Montgomery Drive, Alderbrook Drive to Hahman Drive. Both stretches are focus corridors in the city’s 2022 Local Road Safety Plan, and the city held design meetings for both on November 2, 2022.
North Dutton Avenue, West College Avenue to West Third Street. Another focus corridor in the city’s 2022 Local Road Safety Plan, with its own design meeting on November 16, 2022. Dutton Avenue also appears among the county Vision Zero plan’s high-injury corridors in the city.
The plan’s other focus corridors are College Avenue in two segments, Kowell Lane to Morgan Street and Morgan Street to Fourth Street, Cleveland Avenue from Industrial Drive to Guerneville Road, and the Roseland Creek Trail from Stony Point Road to Burbank Avenue. The city also presented a design for Mendocino Avenue between Fourth Street and College Avenue in October 2022.
Trauma Care After a Santa Rosa Crash
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, run by Providence at 1165 Montgomery Drive, is a Level II trauma center, which Sonoma County describes as the second-highest designation. The county holds regulatory oversight of trauma care there, and the hospital calls itself the designated Level II trauma center for the North Coast region. The county names North Bay Medical Center in Fairfield as the next-closest Level II center.
Whether you need a doctor, a body shop, or an injury attorney after a crash, we can point you to local help. Contact our team.
Santa Rosa Crash Questions
How many people are killed or injured in Santa Rosa crashes each year?
The California Office of Traffic Safety counted 497 people killed or injured in Santa Rosa traffic crashes in 2023, the latest year it has published for the city. That total combines deaths and injuries and includes 37 pedestrians and 23 bicyclists. OTS doesn’t list a separate death count for the city on that page.
Which Santa Rosa streets are on high-injury lists?
Stony Point Road from West Third Street to Sebastopol Road is on the city’s High Injury Network for people walking and biking, and it carries 20,000 to 30,000 vehicles a day. Santa Rosa Avenue in south Santa Rosa is one of the high-injury corridors named in Sonoma County’s 2022 Vision Zero Action Plan.
How do I get a Santa Rosa police collision report?
Fill out the department’s Report Request Form and bring it, with government-issued ID, to the Records Bureau counter at 965 Sonoma Avenue, open weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You can also mail it notarized with a $2 check made out to the City of Santa Rosa. Requests are filled in order and can take 3 to 4 weeks.
How many DUI arrests did Santa Rosa police make in 2025?
Santa Rosa police made 614 DUI arrests in calendar year 2025, by the department’s own count. The newest state figures, from 2023, show alcohol was involved in crashes that killed or injured 75 people in the city. OTS counts deaths and injuries together and lists no separate alcohol death figure.
Sonoma County Accident Reports on Local Accident Reports
Two Injured, One Extricated in Two-Vehicle Crash on Old Redwood Hwy in Cotati, CA
Four-Vehicle Crash on SR-12 in Santa Rosa, CA
Multi-Vehicle Crash Blocks Lanes on Adobe Rd in Petaluma, CA
Bicyclist Injured in Crash With Pickup Truck on Stony Point Rd in Santa Rosa, CA
One Injured in Head-on Commercial Truck Crash on SR-12 in Sonoma, CA
Our team at Local Accident Reports is dedicated to keeping Santa Rosa and Sonoma County informed about crashes, both here at home and across all fifty states. We know how important it is to have timely, local information, so we don’t just track state-level numbers; we also go county by county to give our neighbors the updates that matter most.
Here, you’ll find the most recent crash reports for Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Sebastopol, Cotati, and Kenwood. For a deeper look at past incidents, you can explore our full Sonoma County accident news archive.
Santa Rosa’s safety corridors have company around the state, and similar trouble spots turn up on roads and intersections across California. Our recent accident alerts follow new crashes as they’re reported.
Local Accident Reports compiles this information from public agency sources and published reports for general reference. It is not legal advice and is not an official police record. Fees, forms and deadlines change, so confirm with the agency before you send a request. Last updated October 2026.