Bakersfield, CA, October 1 – One person suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Bakersfield on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The injured person was taken to a hospital for treatment. CHP has not yet released information about what caused the crash, and the circumstances surrounding the collision remain under investigation as authorities work to determine how the two vehicles came into contact.
Bakersfield Two-Car Crash on Highway 99 Near 24th Street Leaves One Injured
According to the California Highway Patrol, the two-vehicle crash was reported at 5:44 a.m. on Highway 99 near 24th Street in Bakersfield. CHP confirmed the time and location of the collision but did not detail how the two vehicles were traveling before the crash or where on the highway the impact occurred. No additional information about the vehicles has been released.
One person involved in the crash suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, CHP said. The agency has not released the identity of the injured person or specified which vehicle that person was in at the time of the crash. It is not known whether anyone else involved in the collision was hurt.
The California Highway Patrol has not determined what caused the crash, and no information about fault has been released. It is not yet known whether either driver was cited or faces any charges in connection with the collision. Descriptions of the vehicles involved, the ages of those involved, and any further details about the crash have not been made public as the investigation continues.
What the at-fault driver is required to carry, and why it often is not enough
Vehicle Code section 16056 sets California’s minimum liability limits, and they changed recently. For a policy issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2025, the minimum is $30,000 for injury to or death of one person, $60,000 where two or more people are hurt, and $15,000 for property damage. Policies written before that date may still carry the older minimum of $15,000, $30,000 and $5,000.
Those are floors, not typical limits, and a single hospital admission can exhaust the lower figure before any other loss is counted. Where the at-fault driver carries the minimum, the uninsured and underinsured motorist cover on the injured person’s own policy is often the part that matters most, and it is worth checking early rather than after the other insurer has made an offer.
The deadline that applies to a claim like this one
Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1 gives two years for an action for injury to, or for the death of, an individual caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another. The same two years covers an injury claim and a death claim; there is no separate, shorter period because someone died.
Talking to someone about it
Culver Legal represents people injured in collisions across California. A conversation about what happened costs nothing, and we work on a contingency fee, which means there is no fee unless we win. If we do not win, we do not pass the case costs on to you either.
Nothing on this page is legal advice about any particular case, and the facts of a reported collision often change as the investigation continues.
