Two Bakersfield residents died in the July 24 collision on Highway 166 south of Maricopa.
The Kern County Coroner identified them as Osvaldo Ramon Ortega Jaimes Jr., 22, and Janneth Guerrero, 55.
Jaimes was the driver of a 2005 Honda Civic that collided with a Honda Accord driven by a Cuyama man and Guerrero was a passenger in the Civic.
Both were pronounced dead at the scene of the 4 p.m. crash just south of Elkhorn Grade Road.
The Cuyama man and three passengers in the Civic all suffered major injuries.
Two air ambulances and three ground ambulances responded to the scene to transport the injured to Bakersfield Hospitals.