Bike crash statistics and hotspots in Black Mountain Ranch, San Diego
- bike crashes, 2021–2026
- 15
- bike crashes, 2021–2026
- serious or fatal
- 4
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 1
- fatal
- street with the most
- Camino Del Sur
- street with the most
Is Black Mountain Ranch safe to ride a bike?
This page covers traffic crashes, not crime. We don't rate neighborhoods 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. What the records show: 15 bike crashes were reported in Black Mountain Ranch from 2021–2026, 4 of them serious or fatal (1 fatal). 20% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 20% were riders hit from behind.
Black Mountain Ranch here is the City of San Diego's Black Mountain Ranch community planning area; its edges may differ from where residents put the neighborhood.
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How people on bikes get hit in Black Mountain Ranch
- 20% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across).
- 20% were riders hit from behind.
- 13% happened after dark.
Where bike crashes cluster
Spots with 3 or more reported crashes within about 250 m, worst first.
No single spot in Black Mountain Ranch has 3 or more reported bike crashes. They are spread across the city.
Bike crashes in Black Mountain Ranch by year
| Year | Crashes | Serious/fatal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
Common questions about Black Mountain Ranch
- How many cyclists were killed in Black Mountain Ranch?
- 1 crash killed someone in 15 reported bike crashes in Black Mountain Ranch from 2021–2026, and 4 left someone seriously hurt or killed.
- How do cyclists usually get hit in Black Mountain Ranch?
- 20% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 20% were riders hit from behind. 13% happened after dark.
- How does Black Mountain Ranch compare with the rest of San Diego?
- Black Mountain Ranch had 15 of the 1,668 bike crashes on the map in San Diego, 2021–2026 (1%). That is a count, not a rate: a neighborhood with more people walking, shops and through traffic has more crashes without being riskier for each person. Black Mountain Ranch here is the City of San Diego's Black Mountain Ranch community planning area; its edges may differ from where residents put the neighborhood.
Nearby neighborhoods in San Diego
Source: California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), 2021–2026. A crash counts toward the neighborhood whose outline holds its point. 13 of the 15 crashes here had no coordinates on the report and were placed at the intersection its street names give. Reports with neither coordinates nor usable street names aren't on the map, so these numbers are lower than the real total. Busy streets show more crashes partly because more people use them. Outline: City of San Diego, Community Planning Districts. Data last rebuilt 2026-10-07. How the data works.