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) 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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How riders crash here
76% of crashes here involve only the motorcycle, usually running wide or losing grip in a corner. Enter corners slower, look through the bend, and watch for gravel, sand and diesel.
Places along the way
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?
- Check Caltrans QuickMap (quickmap.dot.ca.gov) for closures, chain controls and roadwork before you go. Mountain roads close for snow, rockslides and fire, and some sections close every winter.
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.