Latigo Canyon Road
- mapped
- 11.6 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 3
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 1
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Latigo Canyon Road open today?
Not a state route, so Caltrans doesn’t list it. No LA County closures listed.
Checked Fri, Nov 13, 8:38 PM Pacific. These lists don't include every closure: Forest Service gates and fire closures can be missing. All riding roads this week.
Is Latigo Canyon Road 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: 3 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 11.6 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 1 of them serious or fatal. 67% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Very tight hairpins, narrow lanes with little run-off, and cyclists climbing slowly around blind corners.
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Motorcycle crashes and deaths on Latigo Canyon Road
3 motorcycle crashes were reported within 60 m of the road from 2021–2025: 1 killed or seriously injured someone, and 0 were fatal. 67% 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.
How riders crash here
67% 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
Camping near Latigo Canyon Road
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 Summertime1,685 ft · 0.4 mi from the roadOn the mapWebsite
- Malibu Beach RV ParkRV park · 162 ft · 0.9 mi from the roadOn the map
- Malibu Creek Group Camp SiteRV park · 635 ft · 4.1 mi from the road · toilets, showers, feeOn the mapWebsite
- Malibu Creek Campground604 ft · 4.2 mi from the road · toilets, showers, feeOn the mapWebsite
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.
Common questions about Latigo Canyon Road
- What is Latigo Canyon Road like to ride?
- Narrow, technical canyon road from PCH up to Kanan.
- How long is Latigo Canyon Road?
- About 11.6 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Latigo Canyon Road open today?
- As of Fri, Nov 13, 8:38 PM Pacific, no LA County 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.