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What do we actually know about Chula Vista?

Two public records. The Census Bureau estimates Chula Vista has about 275,533 residents. The federal crash census (NHTSA FARS) counts 1,393 fatal crashes in San Diego County from 2020 to 2024, the most in 2021 (298). Those are county-wide counts, not Chula Vista alone. Neither figure says an attorney is available here, and neither indicates what any particular case is worth.

Chula Vista has a population of about 275,533 (US Census Bureau, Population Estimates).

1,393 fatal traffic crashes were reported in San Diego County between 2020 and 2024 (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). This counts crashes across the whole county, not this city alone, and is not a prediction about any claim. Source

How many fatal crashes happen in San Diego County each year?

Fatal traffic crashes reported in San Diego County, by year (NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System). County-wide counts, not this city alone, and not a prediction about any claim.
YearFatal crashesDeathsPedestrians killed
2020270293100
2021298316135
2022272286112
202327128899
2024282303119

When and where did those crashes happen?

  • 826 of the 1,393 fatal crashes (59%) happened after dark.
  • 237 of the 1,393 fatal crashes (17%) happened on roads classed as rural.
  • 46 of the 1,393 fatal crashes (3%) began with a cyclist being struck.

NHTSA FARS — Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2020–2024, across San Diego County. "After dark" is the crash report's light condition; "rural" is the road's classification, not the city's; a cyclist is counted only when being struck was the first harmful event. Source

These are public figures about the area, published by the agencies named beside them. They describe roads and populations, not claims, and none of them says anything about what any particular case is worth.

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