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Crash reports for Los Angeles, CA
Location:
3734 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle overtook from rear
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Car traveling north on Sawtelle hit cyclist traveling in the curb lane with their right mirror. Cyclist knocked forward, caught self on bike before hitting the ground. Cyclist sustained minor bruises, no damage to bike. Driver stopped on the next block and walked back to check on cyclist. Car mirror appeared to be damaged in collision. Full report
Location:
10101 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle rear-ended moving bicycle
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
There is no bike lane on Wilshire so I had taken the right lane and cars were passing on my left (~35mph). I was travelling uphill (~5mph). Apparently an SUV bore down on me and swerved around me to the left lane. A Mitsubishi Eclipse that was tailgating the SUV couldn't see me until the last moment, slammed on the brakes and ran into my rear wheel, knocking me down but stopping before running over me. Full report
Location:
4101 Beethoven St, Los Angeles, CA 90066, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle came from side
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
I was part way across the intersection when the car came speeding from the right. she slowed down as she approached the stop sign, I thought she was going to stop and so continued on my path. after (I assume) seeing that there were no cars waiting at the stop sign, she hit the gas and gunned it through, t-boning me and sending me over the hood. Full report
Location:
4601-4699 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle turned into oncoming bike
Injury:
None
Description:
Car was coming out of hospital parking lot. Driver was looking right, then pulled into traffic without looking left where I was coming from. My instinct was to avoid by going left towards the center of the street. I almost made it but still got hit.
Did not fall all the way to get bruised. Was able to unclip pedals before impact. Bike got most of the hit :( Full report
Location:
1412 W 84th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90047, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle came from side
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Just left the green light at 8th & Figueroa heading north on the east side of street. Just as I crossed through the intersection the bus sideswiped me and I pushed off the bus with my left hand which forced me to the curb and down onto the sidewalk. Bus kept right on going. Another bus driver behind hte one who hit me saw the whole thing. I straitened out my handlebars and rode up to that bus, but he wouldn't open his doors and just pointed to the bus ahead at the next intersection. Full report
Location:
2442 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle overtook from rear
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Car Performed " right Hook" as he was passing (1/2 way pass bike). Hesitated after crash, then fled the scene (Hit and Run). Maneuver seemed intentional. Full report
Location:
201-225 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA
Geometry:
Bike lost stability and crashed
Injury:
Serious
Description:
I was going to turn left on Virgil so I looked back to check for vehicles. Clear, so I banked to the left. The road was uneven and my front wheel did not get to "climb" the higher (left) portion causing me to fall on my left side.
The road looks like a tetris block with uneven slabs connected together. I see that I'm the second crash (reported) in this location. If I had read about the previous crash, I might have saved myself a month of pain. Full report
Location:
3315 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle turned into passing bike
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Right hook.
I was riding in the right lane, where there were intermittent parked cars. The car pulled up to my left and then made a right turn in front of me. I braked and maneuvered to the left, but not in time. I hit the back of the car and spilled into the rightmost travel lane. Full report
Location:
201-225 Silver Lake Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA
Geometry:
Bike ran into object
Injury:
Serious
Description:
While signaling with my left hand and steering my bicycle to the left, my rear wheel got caught in a large, straight gap in the concrete. This street is not asphalt; it is adjoining slabs of concrete, and where the slabs meet there are large, long gaps. These are very hazardous. Full report
Location:
11321 Missouri Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle came from side
Injury:
None
Description:
I was riding north along Sawtelle Blvd and near the intersection of Missouri ave. There was a lady in her car approaching the intersection heading east (there is a stop sign on Missouri, no stop signs on Sawtelle). I assumed (my mistake) that she would stop at the intersection but she made a 'rolling stop' and kept going straight. I slammed on my brakes while veering right and she didn't immediately stepped on the brakes. Fortunately the car stop within one inch (I am serious) of my front wheel and I simply gave her look while pointing her the stop sign. It was then when I noticed that she was talking on her cellphone. Full report
Location:
1000 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle came from side
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
driver of vehicle inched out into the intersection with intention of bulldozing through group of cyclists passing through intersection. two cyclists swerved to avoid the vehicle causing loss of control to their bikes. one rider fell but no injuries, another rider fell with moderate scrapes to knees, elbows, arms and hit his head pretty hard. Full report
Location:
251-259 S Avenue 52, Los Angeles, CA 90042, USA
Geometry:
Bullet hit cyclist from behind.
Injury:
Life_threatening
Description:
Last Friday night, a group of riders were pedaling through Highland Park when a group of alleged gangsters at a house party decided it would be a good time to mess with the riders by swinging baseball bats and shovels at them, trying to knock them off their bikes. Usually when these attacks happen, riders take advantage of their two wheels and get away as quickly as possible; but when a young lady was knocked down, several riders went back to assist.
The clubs versus U-Locks stalemate was broken when one of the alleged gangsters opened fire with a handgun, striking one of the cyclists in the back. At that point, the attackers went back into their house and the police were summoned. Frantic posts on twitter on other bike message boards report that arrests were made, including the alleged shooter, and the victim was taken away by ambulance. The bullet was partially slowed by the cyclists' backpack and is currently lodged a quarter inch away from his spine. Doctors are hoping that muscles work the bullet out naturally and don't feel that he is in any immediate danger. Following the ethics of these sort of rides, his friends have already returned his bicycle. Full report
Location:
260 S Avenue 52, Los Angeles, CA 90042, USA
Geometry:
Pedestrian crossed into path of bike
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
group of riders were pedaling through Highland Park when a group of alleged gangsters at a house party decided it would be a good time to mess with the riders by swinging baseball bats and shovels at them, trying to knock them off their bikes. Usually when these attacks happen, riders take advantage of their two wheels and get away as quickly as possible; but when a young lady was knocked down, several riders went back to assist.
The clubs versus U-Locks stalemate was broken when one of the alleged gangsters opened fire with a handgun, striking one of the cyclists in the back. At that point, the attackers went back into their house and the police were summoned. Full report
Location:
5417-5499 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle turned into passing bike
Injury:
Serious
Description:
Bicycle was traveling westbound on 8th street in front of elementary school. A large van attempted to merge back into traffic and make an immediate left turn on Dunsmir after dropping off children, but did not yield the right of way to the bicycle. Bicycle was unable to avoid the van and hit the back bumper. Full report
Location:
537-565 Palisades Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90272, USA
Geometry:
Bike ran straight into pedestrian
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Few details available. See also:
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/23/local/me-bike23 Full report
Location:
700 S Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90014, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle overtook from rear
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
The incident occured as a small group of about twelve riders turned right from Los Angeles St to 7th St. As the group turned, a Hummer which had been honking at the group hit and injured a rider, who spent the night in the ER for ankle injuries. His friends helped him to the curb, and the Hummer stopped. However, the motorist then tried to flee the scene, as cyclists tried to record the license plate number. Two cyclists quickly blocked its path as the passengers and cyclists yelled at each other.
Eventually the driver drove into the cyclists, who narrowly escaped severe injury by scattering. The Hummer ran over at least three bikes, destroying them, and smashing a cyclist in her thigh with a bike in the process. He then drove down one block, turned onto Main St., where he was pulled over by LAPD. The occupants of the car fled on foot, and though LAPD caught the driver, several of the passengers escaped. Those passengers returned later to threaten the group of cyclists, saying that if they spoke with police, they would return â60 crips deep.â After a large group of police officers interviewed the witnesses and the suspects they released the driver, who drove off without a ticket. Officer Cho, the officer in charge at the scene then approached the cyclists. He first told the group: Get everyone together because I donât want to say this twice. If anyone says anything Iâm gonna walk away and Iâm not going to talk to you guys. Based on the evidence right now it looks like the cyclist hit the car, not that the car hit the cyclist. Cyclist then argued with him, pointing out that the driver of the Hummer was dislodging a bicycle from underneath his vehicle when the police pulled him over. Officer Cho then responded, saying âif it had been me with my family in that car, Iâd have done the same thing, and I carry a gun in my car.â XXXXX was hit while traveling in the farthest right lane of traffic from behind by a black hummer h3. The hummer then came to a stop at the red light of 7th and Los angeles( twenty or so feet from where XXXXX was hit). They then rolled all of the windows down and told us to get away because âthey had a gun\gunsâ . . . . . . Following this a large(6â²2â+) Black man dressed in jeans and a long white t-shirt stepped out of the passenger side and put his arms out saying âback the fuck away I have a gunâ. His party urged him back into the vehicle, and when YYYYY (of our g Full report
Location:
936-940 N Wilmington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90744, USA
Geometry:
Bike hit open door of vehicle
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
The driver of the parked vehicle opened her driver's side door just as I approached. The timing was such that I had no opportunity to prevent striking the door. Full report
Location:
5799 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle turned after passing bike
Injury:
None
Description:
At a T intersection, the car was on the left hand side, apparently making a left turn, which would be usual for the traffic flow at that intersection. As the bike was passing, the car made an abrupt right turn. Full report
Location:
3701 Degnan Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle came from side
Injury:
Moderate
Description:
Sunday afternoon around 1:30pm. Clear day. Riding westbound on Rodeo with traffic. Saw white cargo van approaching northbound on Degnan Avenue with increased speed. Despite having the greenlight, the cyclist hit the brakes, thinking the van was going to make a right turn onto Rodeo in front of the oncoming rider. The van increased speed and went clear through the red light across 4 lanes of cross traffic. The van hit the front of the rider's bicycle which flung the rider head first, into the side of the moving vehicle. The vehicle continued through the light and the driver did not stop. There were multiple witnesses (both drivers and pedestrians). Hit and run. Partial license plate of "7901" white cargo van similar design to a Ford Econoline. Full report
Location:
7441-7447 Louise Ave, Los Angeles, CA 91406, USA
Geometry:
Vehicle turned after passing bike
Injury:
Fatal
Description:
A Los Angeles Department of Water & Power truck struck and killed a cyclist this afternoon in the Lake Balboa area. A woman in her 50s was riding her bicycle when the truck, attempting to make a right turn, ran into her shortly after 12 p.m., said Devin Gales, a spokesman with the LA Fire Department. Paramedics responded finding her trapped under the truck, located at 7447 N. Louise Avenue. The driver was a private contractor doing work on behalf of LADWP, a department spokesperson said. Further details are pending an investigation.
http://laist.com/2009/06/01/bicyclist_killed_by_la_city_truck_i.php Full report
Location:
6801-6911 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Geometry:
Bike lost stability and crashed
Injury:
Serious
Description:
Crossing La Brea on Hollywood Blvd.(Moving West), Was preparing to negotiate Rough pavement when , assuming that there was concrete Drainage strip along the curb, When proceeded foreward , front wheel dropped into drainage grate (Grate is of the 2'x4' type, with no wheel protection strips to guard wheels from dropping into it). Managed to get wheel out of grate before i would have gone over the bars, but what alongside my bike instead of on it. Went about 10' more before finally going down on the rough pavement.
Bike damage: Nurled rim (But at the time still ridable) Approximate speed at time of accident:7-12mph Full report |
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