Bike crashes on Broadway, Santa Maria
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- 21
- bike crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 4
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Broadway in Santa Maria 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: 21 bike crashes were reported on Broadway in Santa Maria from 2021–2025, 4 of them serious or fatal. 52% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 24% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors).
How people on bikes get hit on Broadway
- 52% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across).
- 24% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors).
- 29% happened after dark.
When bike crashes happen on Broadway
The busiest hour was 3 p.m..
Bike crashes on Broadway by year
| Year | Crashes | Serious/fatal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
Common questions about Broadway
- How do cyclists usually get hit on Broadway?
- 52% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 24% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors). 29% happened after dark.
- How many bike crashes happen on Broadway each year?
- Reported bike crashes on Broadway in Santa Maria: 2021: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 6, 2024: 7, 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.
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.