Crash on SR-178 Eastbound at Comanche Drive, Bakersfield, California

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM

Injury crash2 vehicles
Reporting agency
CHP Bakersfield Area
Report number
9420-2025-00171

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

Where and when

Location
SR-178 Eastbound at Comanche Drive
City, county
Bakersfield, Kern County
Collision type
Broadside
Motor vehicle involved with
Other Motor Vehicle
Posted speed limit
65 mph
Primary collision factor cited
No
Weather
Clear
Light
Dark-Street Lights
Road surface
No Unusual Conditions
Hit and run
No
People involved
3
Injured
2
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Damage area not recorded

Unit 1: 2021 Ford Explorer

Blk/Whi Police Car

Damage recorded
Vehicle towed
Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Making Left Turn
  • Driver, male, 30Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Not injured
Damage area not recorded

Unit 2: 2022 Honda Civic

Red Passenger Car Station Wagon Jeep

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Making U Turn
  • Driver, male, 37Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Possible injury
  • Passenger, female, 35Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Possible injury

What the officer recorded

Violation cited
VC 21651(A)(1)as 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

1 crash recorded on SR-178 Eastbound in Bakersfield in the last 12 months, 1 with injuries.

All Bakersfield crashes, January 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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