- Is it safe to ride a bike in California?
- We don't rate places as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a street is without counting the people who use it. What the records show: 30,133 bike crashes in California from 2021–2025, 4,459 of them serious or fatal. 42% were side-impact crashes at junctions (drivers pulling out or turning across). 10% were sideswipes (close passes, right hooks, car doors). 21% happened after dark.
- How many cyclists are hit by drivers in California?
- Police reported 30,133 bike crashes with a map location in California from 2021–2025: 4,459 left someone seriously hurt or killed, and 816 were fatal. Many city police departments send reports without a location, so the real number is higher.
- Which California cities have the most bike crashes?
- By reported crashes with a map location, 2021–2025: Huntington Beach (798), Santa Ana (740), Long Beach (648), Stockton (582), Santa Barbara (531). Big, busy cities have more crashes partly because more people ride there, and some cities send most of their reports without a location, so their counts are too low.
- Which streets in California have the most bike crashes?
- By the street each police report names first, 2021–2025: State St in Santa Barbara (83), Carlsbad Blvd in Carlsbad (81), 1st St in Santa Ana (73), SR-1 in Newport Beach (73), Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach (71).
- Where does this data come from?
- Police crash reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), published by the state on data.ca.gov, with fatal crashes added from NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.