Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda
- mapped
- 21.8 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 71
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 23
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 2
- fatal
Is Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda open today?
No Caltrans closures listed.
Checked Sat, Nov 14, 10:49 AM Pacific. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing. All riding roads this week.
Is Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda 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: 71 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 21.8 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 23 of them serious or fatal (2 fatal). 52% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Many cyclists on the climb, damp shaded corners, and weekend crowds where it crosses Skyline at Alice’s Restaurant.
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Motorcycle crashes and deaths on Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda
71 motorcycle crashes were reported within 60 m of the road from 2021–2025: 23 killed or seriously injured someone, and 2 were fatal. 52% 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, 67 motorcycle crashes were reported on Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda from 2021–2026, 9 of them within 40 m of a junction. Of the other 58, 53 (91%) were in bends tighter than a 100 m radius, which make up 39% of the road. So crashes gather in the bends, more than their share of the road. 38 of the 43 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
- 8 crashes in one bend: 4 with no other vehicle; tightest radius about 38 m.
- 7 crashes in one bend: 5 with no other vehicle; tightest radius about 50 m.
- 4 crashes in one bend: 4 with no other vehicle; tightest radius about 46 m.
How we tell bends from straights, and every riding road compared
Places along the way
Camping near Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda
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.
- Camp Jones Gulch YMCA545 ft · 1.6 mi from the roadOn the map
- [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 3Group campground · San Mateo County Parks · 1,130 ft · 2.3 mi from the roadOn the map
- [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 1Group campground · San Mateo County Parks · 1,171 ft · 2.3 mi from the roadOn the map
- [CLOSED] Toyon Group Camp 2Group campground · San Mateo County Parks · 1,161 ft · 2.4 mi from the roadOn the map
- Azalea Flat CampgroundCounty of San Mateo · 220 ft · 2.4 mi from the road · water, feeOn the map
- Sequoia Flat CampgroundCounty of San Mateo · 246 ft · 2.5 mi from the road · feeOn the map
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 Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda
- What is Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda like to ride?
- Redwood-shaded climb from Woodside over Skyline to La Honda and on toward the coast.
- How long is Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda?
- About 21.8 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Highway 84, Woodside to La Honda open today?
- As of Sat, Nov 14, 10:49 AM Pacific, no Caltrans closures are listed on it today. 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.