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Bike crash statistics and hotspots in Ocean Beach, San Diego

50 bike crashes were reported in Ocean Beach from 2021–2026, 3 of them serious or fatal: 3% of the bike crashes on the map in San Diego. Below are the spots where they keep happening, what usually goes wrong at each one, and what to watch for.
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1–5: the spots with the most bike crashes, explained below. Map © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap.
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Is Ocean Beach 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: 50 bike crashes were reported in Ocean Beach from 2021–2026, 3 of them serious or fatal. The most were at Newport Ave & Cable St (8). 32% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 22% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors).

Ocean Beach here is the City of San Diego's Ocean Beach community planning area; its edges may differ from where residents put the neighborhood.

Where to look next

How people on bikes get hit in Ocean Beach

  • 32% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across).
  • 22% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors).
  • 30% happened after dark.

What the reports show about bike crashes in Ocean Beach

  • 30% (California: 21%) of crashes happened after dark.
  • 6% (California: 13%) left someone seriously hurt or killed.
  • The busiest hour was 8 p.m. (California: 3 p.m.).

Set against all bike crashes in California, 2021–2026. Without traffic counts these can't say how risky a street is.

Where bike crashes cluster

Spots with 3 or more reported crashes within about 250 m, worst first.

  1. 018 crashes

    Newport Ave & Cable St

    Head-on crashes

    3 of 8 crashes were head-on, often riding against traffic or a driver cutting across the centre line on a turn.

    • Ride with the flow of traffic, and watch for oncoming drivers turning left across you.
    See it on the map
  2. 025 crashes · 1 serious or fatal

    Ebers St & Voltaire St

    Side-impact crashes at the junction

    4 of 5 crashes were broadside: a vehicle hit at an angle, usually a driver pulling out of a side street or driveway, turning across, or running the signal. 40% happened after dark.

    • Slow down approaching the junction, watch drivers' front wheels at side streets and driveways, and don't assume a driver waiting to turn has seen you.
    • Use a front and rear light, even on lit streets.
    See it on the map
  3. 036 crashes

    Bacon St & Voltaire St

    Side-impact crashes at the junction

    3 of 6 crashes were broadside: a vehicle hit at an angle, usually a driver pulling out of a side street or driveway, turning across, or running the signal.

    • Slow down approaching the junction, watch drivers' front wheels at side streets and driveways, and don't assume a driver waiting to turn has seen you.
    See it on the map
  4. 045 crashes

    Cable St & Narragansett Ave

    Head-on crashes

    2 of 5 crashes were head-on, often riding against traffic or a driver cutting across the centre line on a turn. 60% happened after dark.

    • Ride with the flow of traffic, and watch for oncoming drivers turning left across you.
    • Use a front and rear light, even on lit streets.
    See it on the map
  5. 055 crashes

    Cable St & Brighton Ave

    Side-impact crashes at the junction

    2 of 5 crashes were broadside: a vehicle hit at an angle, usually a driver pulling out of a side street or driveway, turning across, or running the signal.

    • Slow down approaching the junction, watch drivers' front wheels at side streets and driveways, and don't assume a driver waiting to turn has seen you.
    See it on the map
  6. 064 crashes

    Saratoga Ave & Sunset Cliffs Blvd

    Side-impact crashes at the junction

    4 of 4 crashes were broadside: a vehicle hit at an angle, usually a driver pulling out of a side street or driveway, turning across, or running the signal.

    • Slow down approaching the junction, watch drivers' front wheels at side streets and driveways, and don't assume a driver waiting to turn has seen you.
    See it on the map

Streets with the most bike crashes in Ocean Beach

StreetCrashesSerious/fatal
Sunset Cliffs Blvd70
Cable St60
Bacon St60
West Point Loma Blvd42
Voltaire St41
Newport Ave40
Saratoga Ave30

Reported bike crashes, 2021–2026, counted by the street each police report names first, so a crash at a corner counts toward one of its two streets. Long, busy streets collect more crashes partly because more people use them.

Bike crashes in Ocean Beach by year

YearCrashesSerious/fatal
202160
202292
202391
2024140
202580
202640

Common questions about Ocean Beach

Where do the most bike crashes happen in Ocean Beach?
The worst spot is Newport Ave & Cable St, with 8 reported bike crashes from 2021–2026. Next are Ebers St & Voltaire St (5) and Bacon St & Voltaire St (6).
How many cyclists were killed in Ocean Beach?
No deaths were reported in 50 reported bike crashes in Ocean Beach from 2021–2026, and 3 left someone seriously hurt or killed.
How do cyclists usually get hit in Ocean Beach?
32% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 22% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors). 30% happened after dark.
How does Ocean Beach compare with the rest of San Diego?
Ocean Beach had 50 of the 1,668 bike crashes on the map in San Diego, 2021–2026 (3%). 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. Ocean Beach here is the City of San Diego's Ocean Beach community planning area; its edges may differ from where residents put the neighborhood.
Which streets in Ocean Beach have the most bike crashes?
Sunset Cliffs Blvd (7), Cable St (6), Bacon St (6), West Point Loma Blvd (4), Voltaire St (4), counted by the street each police report names first.

Nearby neighborhoods in San Diego

Peninsula81Midway-Pacific Highway43Old Town San Diego21Pacific Beach125Uptown74Linda Vista25Downtown179Clairemont Mesa52All neighborhoods

Source: California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), 2021–2026. A crash counts toward the neighborhood whose outline holds its point. 50 of the 50 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.