Even during the Pandemic with people working remotely and traffic considerably down, pedestrians and bicyclists continue to be hit by cars at record levels.
It’s hard to imagine but the San Diego Bicycle Coalition has a tracker that can convince even the most resistant.
Our San Diego Crash Tracker tracks and reports every bike and pedestrian crash in San Diego in real time. Using software from Streets for All, this program monitors police scanners and automatically tweets out the location and details of every crash, as soon as police are notified. Follow @SDCrashBot on Twitter to see the reports. You’ll be shocked how many people are hit by drivers on our unsafe streets every day.
San Diego Bicycle Coalition Crash Tracker
It’s not just in the San Diego area, pedestrians and cyclists are getting hit by cars in record numbers that haven’t been seen since the 1980’s.
Every day on social media you can find videos of cars jumping the curb going into houses, into businesses, into bus stops.
A pedestrian is fighting for his life after a driver lost control and crashed onto the sidewalk outside a downtown San Diego barber shop Saturday afternoon, hurting two other people and also damaging the business, authorities said.
Pedestrian seriously hurt, 2 others injured in downtown sidewalk crash
#CampPendleton – CHP officers working at the CHP Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility on the southbound side of I-5 heard a car crash into a building at the facility on the northbound side at about 12:30 AM Sunday. No officers were injured. The driver was arrested for DUI. pic.twitter.com/mChaWHJxfs
— News Flash Media (@NewsFlashSD) November 7, 2021
It’s not just mistakes drivers make. This Tesla jumping near Echo Park area was a viral video of a pretty wild and reckless stunt.
Someone decided to jump a Tesla on Baxter St in Echo Park, LA. pic.twitter.com/LS1oMtNEcY
— Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ) (@benjancewicz) March 20, 2022
The historic Walt Disney building on 31sr this morning. After years of neglect, there is finally someone working to save this historic building only to appear to have someone crash a car into it over night. pic.twitter.com/95T3yC9BcR
— Brent Toellner (@btoellner) July 31, 2021
Serious car crash on Restaurant Row. Initial reports are at least four people injured, including several pedestrians on the sidewalk. The driver was going fast enough that after colliding with parked car they drove over a tree and crashed into the former Rubens building. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/J6HuF3C1Dc
— Peekskill Walks (@peekskill_walks) November 19, 2021
DEADLY CAR CRASH: At least three people are dead and several more are injured after a car jumped the sidewalk and struck pedestrians in San Diego. @mattgutmanABC reports as the 71-year-old driver is in custody. https://t.co/3OilCXBCmn pic.twitter.com/Nv3wmAVdrh
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) March 16, 2021
WATCH: Authorities said the car involved in the deadly downtown San Diego crash "veered to the right and went completely up onto the sidewalk, struck the multiple pedestrians there, then came back onto the roadway and came back to stop." https://t.co/Uw0HlrbuX3 pic.twitter.com/3GazTb48c9
— NBC 7 San Diego (@nbcsandiego) March 15, 2021
Car crash: Driver smashes into Dunkin Donuts store wall in Springfield https://t.co/tMIJIqcclI
— Don Lichterman (SCA) (@DonELichterman) April 1, 2022
“Oh, how I hate those damn cyclists on the sidewa…” pic.twitter.com/sjgS9gdOph
— 21st Century City (@urbanthoughts11) April 4, 2022
You get the idea.
Support our local San Diego Bicycle Coalition.
Vision Zero protected bike lanes with Jersey Barriers would be a major improvement for protecting cyclists, walkers and runners from out of control drivers and cars. Cyclists in New York called this a protected bike lane they can believe in.
Car drove up on the concrete barriers on Roebling St & South 4th St and is stuck on it. pic.twitter.com/qyF8yZttJy
— WILLIAMSBURG NEWS (@WMSBG) March 24, 2022