Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa
- mapped
- 50 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 47
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 18
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 5
- fatal
Is Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa 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: 47 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 50 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 18 of them serious or fatal (5 fatal). 64% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Wine-country and lake traffic on weekends, blind corners along the water, and summer heat.
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How riders crash here
64% 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.
Common questions about Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa
- What is Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa like to ride?
- Winding road from Napa Valley through Sage Canyon and along Lake Berryessa.
- How long is Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa?
- About 50 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Highway 128, Sage Canyon & Lake Berryessa 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.