South Lake Tahoe

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: 9 motorcycle crashes were reported within a mile of South Lake Tahoe from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal.

No spot within a mile of South Lake Tahoe has 3 or more reported motorcycle crashes; the 9 reported here are spread out.

• 44% involved a car turning left across the rider.
• 11% happened after dark.

Where is South Lake Tahoe?

Lake town where US 50 and SR-89 reach Lake Tahoe. Its location is 38.93193, -119.97802.

How long does it take to ride to South Lake Tahoe?

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.