San Ramon, CA.- One person was killed in a San Ramon crash involving a suspected DUI driver on Saturday afternoon, the San Ramon police reported.
The two-vehicle collision took place on Crow Canyon Road near Bollinger Canyon Road at around 3:20 p.m. on November 29, 2025.
Police reported that a Ford Bronco and a Tesla Model 3 were involved in the collision, whose cause was not immediately determined.
A 41-year-old Castro Valley woman, who was a passenger in the sport utility vehicle, was killed in the crash. The driver of the Ford was taken to a hospital for treatment and was later released.
The driver of the Tesla, a 28-year-old Pleasanton resident, was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter. The driver was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility.
Crow Canyon Road was shut down in both directions between Norris Canyon Road and Bollinger Canyon Road as authorities investigated the incident. The San Ramon Police Department is investigating the accident.
In 2022, San Ramon reported a total of 510 traffic accidents. The city's crash statistics are part of a broader statewide trend, with California consistently ranking high in total traffic fatalities and injuries. Specific breakdowns for San Ramon in 2022 reveal that there were 141 injury accidents but no deaths were reported. 18 of the reported incidents were pedestrian-related while 22 involved bicycle riders. Major causes of the accidents were improper turns, which accounted for 23% of the total traffic accidents reported. Speed accounted for 22% while DUI played a role in 7% of the collisions. The San Ramon Police Department actively conducts DUI checkpoints and other enforcement actions to mitigate these incidents, with locations selected based on data regarding reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The city's crash data, like all municipal data in California, is collected and stored within the California Highway Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). This data is used by entities like the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to rank cities and allocate grant funding for safety programs.
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