Crash on Bay Rd at Illinois St, East Palo Alto, California

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Property damage only2 vehicles
Report number
26-0186

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

Where and when

Location
Bay Rd at Illinois St
City, county
East Palo Alto, San Mateo County
Collision type
Rear End
Motor vehicle involved with
Other Motor Vehicle
Weather
Cloudy
Light
Daylight
Road surface
No Unusual Conditions
Hit and run
No
People involved
4
Injured
0
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Damage area not recorded

Unit 1: 2001 Honda

Passenger Car Station Wagon Jeep

Direction of travel
West
Maneuver
Proceeding Straight
  • Driver, maleRestraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Not Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Not injured
Damage area not recorded

Unit 2: 2018 Toyota

Passenger Car Station Wagon Jeep

Direction of travel
North
Maneuver
Proceeding Straight
  • Driver, maleRestraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Not Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Not injured
  • Passenger, male, 34Restraint: Occupant Lap Shoulder Harness Not Used. Airbag: Air Bag Not Deployed
    Not injured
  • Passenger, male, 57
    Not injured

What the officer recorded

Violation cited
22450as recorded on the report
Unit 1 driver condition
CELL PHONE USE UNKNOWNas recorded on the report
Unit 2 driver condition
CELL PHONE USE UNKNOWNas 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

6 crashes recorded on Bay Rd in East Palo Alto in the last 12 months, 3 with injuries.

All East Palo Alto crashes, January 2026

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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