Bike crashes on Milpas St, Santa Barbara
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- 28
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 2
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Milpas St in Santa Barbara 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: 28 bike crashes were reported on Milpas St in Santa Barbara from 2021–2025, 2 of them serious or fatal. The most were at Milpas St & Cacique St (10). 21% happened after dark.
How people on bikes get hit on Milpas St
- 21% happened after dark.
Where on Milpas St crashes cluster
Milpas St & Cacique St
10 crashes · 1 serious or fatalA mix of crash types
- No single crash pattern stands out here. Slow down, stay visible, and leave extra room.
Milpas St & Haley St
7 crashes · 1 serious or fatalA mix of crash types
- No single crash pattern stands out here. Slow down, stay visible, and leave extra room.
Milpas St & Yanonali St
5 crashesA 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 Milpas St
The busiest hour was 3 p.m..
Bike crashes on Milpas St by year
| Year | Crashes | Serious/fatal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
Common questions about Milpas St
- Where on Milpas St do the most bike crashes happen?
- Milpas St & Cacique St, with 10 reported bike crashes from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal. Next are Milpas St & Haley St (7) and Milpas St & Yanonali St (5).
- How do cyclists usually get hit on Milpas St?
- 21% happened after dark.
- How many bike crashes happen on Milpas St each year?
- Reported bike crashes on Milpas St in Santa Barbara: 2021: 3, 2022: 3, 2023: 12, 2024: 7, 2025: 3. 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 Santa Barbara
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.