Bike crashes on Back Bay Dr, Newport Beach
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- 16
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 5
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Back Bay Dr in Newport Beach safe to ride a bike?
We don't rate streets as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a street is, and busy streets have more crashes partly because more people use them. This page covers traffic crashes, not crime. What the records show: 16 bike crashes were reported on Back Bay Dr in Newport Beach from 2021–2025, 5 of them serious or fatal. The most were at Back Bay Dr & San Joaquin Hills Rd (4).
Where on Back Bay Dr crashes cluster
Back Bay Dr & San Joaquin Hills Rd
4 crashes · 2 serious or fatalA mix of crash types
- No single crash pattern stands out here. Slow down, stay visible, and leave extra room.
Spots with 3 or more reported crashes within about 250 m, worst first.
When bike crashes happen on Back Bay Dr
The busiest hour was 7 a.m..
Bike crashes on Back Bay Dr by year
| Year | Crashes | Serious/fatal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
Common questions about Back Bay Dr
- Where on Back Bay Dr do the most bike crashes happen?
- Back Bay Dr & San Joaquin Hills Rd, with 4 reported bike crashes from 2021–2025, 2 of them serious or fatal.
- How many bike crashes happen on Back Bay Dr each year?
- Reported bike crashes on Back Bay Dr in Newport Beach: 2021: 4, 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2024: 2, 2025: 2. The latest year can rise as late reports come in.
- Where does this data come from?
- Police crash reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), published by the state on data.ca.gov, counted by the street each report names first. Only crashes reported with map coordinates are counted, so the real totals are higher.
Other streets in Newport Beach
Source: California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), 2021–2025. Crashes are counted by the street each police report names first, so a crash at a corner counts toward one of its two streets. Only crashes reported with map coordinates are counted, so these numbers are lower than the real total. Long, busy streets show more crashes partly because more people use them. Data last rebuilt 2026-09-22. How the data works.