Mattole Road (Lost Coast)
- mapped
- 80.8 mi
- mapped
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- 4
- motorcycle crashes, 2021–2025
- serious or fatal
- 3
- serious or fatal
- fatal
- 0
- fatal
Is Mattole Road (Lost Coast) 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: 4 motorcycle crashes were reported along its 80.8 mapped miles from 2021–2025, 3 of them serious or fatal. 100% involved no other vehicle. What to watch for: Very remote, broken pavement, steep single-lane grades and cattle. No fuel between Ferndale and Honeydew.
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How riders crash here
100% 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 Mattole Road (Lost Coast)
- What is Mattole Road (Lost Coast) like to ride?
- The Lost Coast loop from Ferndale over the Wildcat hills to the ocean, Petrolia and Honeydew.
- How long is Mattole Road (Lost Coast)?
- About 80.8 miles as mapped in OpenStreetMap, for the stretch we cover.
- Is Mattole Road (Lost Coast) 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.