Damage area not recorded
Unit 1: 2026 BMW X3
White Sport Utility Vehicle
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Changing Lanes
- Driver, male, 63Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 5 at Leucadia Boulevard, Encinitas, California
Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Property damage only2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- CHP Oceanside Area
- Report number
- 9650-2026-00624
From the CHP CCRS, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 5 at Leucadia Boulevard
- City, county
- Encinitas, San Diego County
- Collision type
- Side Swipe
- Motor vehicle involved with
- Other Motor Vehicle
- Posted speed limit
- 65 mph
- Primary collision factor cited
- No
- Weather
- Clear
- Light
- Dark-No Street Lights
- Road surface
- No Unusual Conditions
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Damage area not recorded
Unit 2: 2024 Toyota Rav4
Gray Sport Utility Vehicle
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Proceeding Straight
- Driver, female, 68Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Violation cited
- VC 21658(A) UNSAFE LANE CHANGE/ETCas recorded on the report
A contributing factor or charge recorded by an officer is not a finding of fault or a conviction. We show the record as the state released it.
Nearby and recent
5 crashes recorded on Interstate 5 in Encinitas in the last 12 months, 0 with injuries.
- Mar 16, 2026, I-5 S/B at LA Costa Ave2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Mar 6, 2026, I-5 N/B at Encinitas Blvd4 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Mar 2, 2026, I-5 N/B at LA Costa Ave2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 25, 2026, I-5 S/B at Encinitas Blvd2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 25, 2026, I-5 S/B at Encinitas Blvd6 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
About this record
- Source
- CHP CCRS
- Updates
- Changes the state makes to this record are applied here when the source publishes them
- First published here
- October 25, 2026
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026, no changes recorded
- What is left out
- Names, addresses, plates, and license and insurance numbers are not in the public data and never appear here
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