Downieville

We don't rate places, roads or trails as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a ride is, and places riders like draw more riders, so they see more crashes. What the records show: 1 motorcycle crash was reported within a mile of Downieville from 2021–2025. The riding roads that lead there: Highway 49, Gold Country (282 crashes along 359.8 mapped miles). What to watch for on Highway 49, Gold Country: Slow traffic through towns, tourists, and tight river-canyon sections.

• Highway 49, Gold CountryHistoric route through the Sierra foothill gold-rush towns, from Mariposa north to Sierra City.Passes right by it · 359.8 mi of road · 282 motorcycle crashes (13 fatal)

No spot within a mile of Downieville has 3 or more reported motorcycle crashes.

Where is Downieville?

Gold Rush town on SR-49 along the North Yuba River. Its location is 39.56044, -120.82822.

Which riding roads go to Downieville?

Riding roads within 5 miles of Downieville: Highway 49, Gold Country (right by it). Each has a page with what the road is like, what to watch for and its crash record.

How long does it take to ride to Downieville?

It depends where you start. On our motorcycling map, Ride to… gives the ride time from where you are, or from anywhere you move the map, and plans a route with the weather and the crashes reported along it.

Where does this data come from?

Crash counts are police reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on data.ca.gov, counted only where they have map coordinates. The place's location is from OpenStreetMap, and the forecast from the National Weather Service.