Accidents in Shafter, CA
Shafter is a small city in Kern County and see light to moderate traffic, primarily from local residents and agricultural vehicles. Accidents are occasional on State Route 43 and local roads, especially during peak farming seasons or heavy truck activity.
Published
July 1, 2025, 12:34 am PST
The accident occurred around 2:54 a.m. on Kimberlina Road west of Wallace Road. Bakersfield, CA. – 34-year-old Cristhian Francisco Leon Covarrubias died after his car crashed into a power pole early Sunday morning northeast of Shafter, the Kern County Coroner’s Office reported. The accident occurred around 2:54 a.m. on Kimberlina
Published
May 28, 2025, 10:39 am PST
According to the CHP, an orange pickup truck was traveling westbound on Tulare Avenue when it failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection and collided with a school bus traveling southbound on Wasco Avenue Shafter, CA. – Injuries were reported in a collision involving a school bus
Published
May 23, 2025, 4:24 am PST
The wreck occurred around 3:45 a.m. May 19, on Highway 43 near Burbank Street. Shafter, CA. – 22-year-old Bryant Kenneth Chavez of Shafter died in a motorcycle collision that happened early Monday morning in Shafter. The wreck occurred around 3:45 a.m. May 19, on Highway 43 near Burbank Street. Chavez
Published
May 19, 2025, 11:57 pm PST
The deadly collision happened at about 3:47 a.m. on Central Valley Highway (Highway 43) at Burbank Street. Shafter, CA – A motorcyclist is dead after colling with a truck on Highway 43 near Shafter early Monday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The deadly collision happened at about 3:47
Published
March 11, 2025, 2:57 pm PST
Luis Castillo dies in two-vehicle collision at 7th Standard Road and Gossamer Grove Boulevard in Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA. – Luis Fernando Farias Castillo, 22, has been identified as the driver who died in a car accident on Saturday evening in Shafter. According to the Shafter Police Department, the accident happened
Published
March 11, 2025, 9:41 am PST
The Shafter Police Department responded to the incident at around 5:38 p.m., on March 8 on 7th Standard Road and Gossamer Grove Boulevard. Bakersfield, CA – A driver was killed in a Saturday evening traffic collision on 7th Standard Road in Bakersfield. The Shafter Police Department responded to the incident
Published
February 19, 2025, 11:01 pm PST
The California Highway Patrol responded to the incident at around 10:55 p.m. on State Route 43, just north of Cecil Road. Bakersfield, CA – The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a male driver killed in a head-on collision on Highway 43 in Bakersfield early this month as 36-year-old Jonathan