Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2)
- mapped
- 73.3 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 161
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 56
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 15
- fatal
Is Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) open today?
- Full closure3.3 miles East of Newcomb's Ranch → Islip Saddle, Route 39 · Weather Related Conditions · North / Southsince Dec 24, no end date listed · Caltrans
- Full closureIslip Saddle/JCT SR 39 → Vincent Gulch Rd · Emergency Work · East / Westsince Dec 24, no end date listed · Caltrans
1 more closure listed later this week
- Lane closure (1 of 1 lanes)Big Pines Highway → Los Angeles-San Bernardino County Line · Emergency Work · EastMon 8:01 AM – Mon 3:59 PM; Tue 8:01 AM – Tue 3:59 PM; Wed 8:01 AM – Wed 3:59 PM · Caltrans
Checked Sat, Nov 14, 3:49 PM Pacific. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing. All riding roads this week.
Is Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) safe to ride on a motorcycle?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a road is, and popular riding roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them. What the records show: 161 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 73.3 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 56 of them serious or fatal (15 fatal). 76% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Sections close in winter for snow and after rockslides. Expect sand and rocks in corners, fast traffic from other riders on weekends, and no phone signal for long stretches.
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Motorcycle crashes and deaths on Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2)
161 motorcycle crashes were reported within 60 m of the road from 2021–2025: 56 killed or seriously injured someone, and 15 were fatal. 76% involved no other vehicle. Busier roads have more crashes partly because more people ride them, so these counts don't say how risky the road is.
Bends, straights and junctions
Outside city limits, 159 motorcycle crashes were reported on Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) from 2021–2026, 5 of them within 40 m of a junction. Of the other 154, 130 (84%) were in bends tighter than a 100 m radius, which make up 47% of the road. So crashes gather in the bends, more than their share of the road. 106 of the 124 crashes with no other vehicle were in bends.
A crash alone in a bend usually means running wide or losing grip: set your speed before the bend, look through it, and expect gravel, sand or diesel mid-corner.
Crashes with another vehicle in bends are often an oncoming car across the centre line: keep away from the centre line in blind bends.
The bends with the most crashes
- 7 crashes in one bend: 7 with no other vehicle; tightest radius about 68 m.
- 6 crashes in one bend: 5 with no other vehicle; tightest radius about 80 m.
- 5 crashes in one bend: 4 with no other vehicle, 1 of 1 on the grade going downhill; tightest radius about 99 m.
How we tell bends from straights, and every riding road compared
Places along the way
Camping near Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2)
Campgrounds and RV parks within about 5 miles of the road (straight line), nearest first. Seasons, fire restrictions and closures change, so check with whoever runs it before you go.
- Jackson FlatsForest Service · 5 sites · 7,753 ft · on the roadOn the mapReserve
- Buckhorn CampgroundForest Service · 6,469 ft · 0.1 mi from the road · feeOn the map
- Little Jimmy CampgroundForest Service · 7,539 ft · 0.1 mi from the roadOn the map
- Jackson Flat CampgroundForest Service · 7,519 ft · 0.3 mi from the roadOn the map
- Coulter Group CampgroundGroup campground · Forest Service · 1 site · 5,312 ft · 0.5 mi from the roadOn the mapReserve
- Chilao CampgroundForest Service · 43 sites · 5,286 ft · 0.5 mi from the road · toiletsOn the mapReserve
Campgrounds from Recreation.gov (federal campgrounds, 2026-10-18) and OpenStreetMap (2026-09-28); water, toilets and showers only where they're listed. Elevation from USGS.
Rides that use this road
Common questions about Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2)
- What is Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) like to ride?
- High mountain sweepers and tight corners through the San Gabriel Mountains.
- How long is Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2)?
- About 73.3 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Angeles Crest Highway (SR-2) open today?
- As of Sat, Nov 14, 3:49 PM Pacific, Caltrans lists 2 closures on it today (2 of them full closures). These lists don't include every closure (Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing), so check Caltrans QuickMap before you go.
Other riding roads nearby
Crashes: motorcycle crashes reported within 60 m of the road, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS). Road: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Weather: National Weather Service. Distances to other roads are between their middles, in a straight line. How the data works.