In those, 745 people were injured and 53 killed. Highway 101 will be getting some extra attention Thursday from the California Highway Patrol during an enforcement campaign spanning the northern reaches of the state to the Bay Area.Ī rash of serious injury and fatal crashes along the main artery in recent years prompted the operation, according to a CHP new release, with nearly 2,000 crashes occurring along the highway from the Oregon border through Mendocino County between 20.