Crash on US-101 N/B at University Ave, East Palo Alto, California

Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM

Fatal crash2 vehicles
Reporting agency
CHP Redwood City Area
Report number
9330-2025-02250

From the CHP CCRS, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
US-101 N/B at University Ave
City, county
East Palo Alto, San Mateo County
Collision type
Head-On
Motor vehicle involved with
Other Motor Vehicle
Posted speed limit
65 mph
Weather
Clear
Light
Dark-No Street Lights
Road surface
Obstruction on Roadway*
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
1
Killed
1

Vehicles and people

Damage area not recorded

Unit 1: 2019 Subaru Forester

Silver Sport Utility Vehicle

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Slowing/Stopping
  • Driver, female, 72Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Deployed
    Fatal
Damage area not recorded

Unit 2: 2008 BMW 328I

Blue Passenger Car Station Wagon Jeep

Damage recorded
Vehicle towed
Direction of travel
North
Maneuver
Proceeding Straight
  • Driver, male, 43Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Deployed
    Minor injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 contributing factor
PREVIOUS COLLISIONas recorded on the report
Unit 1 driver condition
CELL PHONE USE UNKNOWNas recorded on the report
Unit 2 contributing factor
PREVIOUS COLLISIONas 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

24 crashes recorded on US-101 N/B in East Palo Alto in the last 12 months, 12 with injuries.

All East Palo Alto crashes, August 2025

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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