Motorcycle Accidents

• San Francisco Motorcycle Accident With No Insurance

  Claude Wyle | July 29, 2007 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken rib, and no other serious bodily injuries. Palmer, who was not carrying health insurance at...

• Motorcycle Accident Slows Down Traffic, Rider not Seriously Injured

  Chrissie Cole | July 25, 2007 2:55 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A motorcycle accident on Interstate 80 slowed commuter traffic down to a crawl, but had a happy ending when the rider ejected from the bike, was not seriously injured.California Highway Patrol reports, a motorcyclist was traveling along the carpool lane at 6:36 a.m. approaching University Avenue when a pickup truck switched lanes in front of the motorcycle, causing the rider to lose control and...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Crash

  Chrissie Cole | July 22, 2007 7:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 49-year-old man lost his life Friday night in a fatal motorcycle accident, on Verano Avenue in Sonoma, when he collided with a pickup truck and was thrown from his bike.The man was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 10:15 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol.CHP said, the man was driving his 1977 Honda motorcycle west on Verano when he collided with a 40-year-old man, also...

• Motorcycle Accident Fatalities Increase 200 Percent

  IB Contributor | July 17, 2007 5:59 AM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  In 2007, the number of fatalities involving motorcyclists increased to its highest level since 1985 according to a story by Tim Harlow of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. During the same period the number of deaths on the state's roads was the lowest in more than 60 years. Seventy motorcycle riders died on Minnesota State roads last year. That's a 200% increase from a decade ago which matches...

• Motorcycle Accident Study - A Wealth of Information

  Rick Patterson | July 15, 2007 5:29 PM | 0 CommentsLancaster, CA

  A motorcycle accident study, specifically, The Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, was conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) and funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It is said to be a great resource for information regarding how to avoid accidents. Some 900 motorcycle accidents were investigated as part of this...

• Hollywood Freeway Accident Kills Motorcycle Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A man driving his motorcyle on the Hollywood Freeway was killed when he was struck by a hit and run driver. The motorcycle accident happened in the late evening on Friday. The rider was taken to a hospital after the accident and died, officials said. Witnesses said a vehicle hit a motorcycle, crashed into the center divider, hit another vehicle, then crashed into a light pole as its female...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Freeway Crash

  Chrissie Cole | July 09, 2007 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a motorcycle accident, Sunday on I-405, after he was struck by a car. The man, of Trabuco Canyon, was traveling south on the Freeway I-405, just north of Seal Beach Boulevard when he was cut off by another vehicle. According to witnesses, he lost control of his motorcycle and was killed after being hit by two other vehicles.The accident is being...

• Motorcycle Industry Pledges $2.8 Million

  Greg Owen | July 07, 2007 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In response to the motorcycles pladge to fund $2.8 million in crash research, Ed Moreland of the American Medical Association's VP of Government Relations stated on their websire " This commitment by the motorcycle industry is a vital ingredient in getting the first comprehensive study of the causes of motorcycle crashes in more than 25 years."Motorcycle riding has long been a favorite pastime...

• Man Hospitalized After Motorcycle Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | June 29, 2007 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA

  A 35-year-old man was injured after driving his motorcycle into a car early yesterday morning. The motorcycle accident happened in Ellington on Windsorville Road. The driver of the car was traveling south in his Honda Ody LX on Tripp Road, when he attempted to make a left turn from Tripp Road to Windsorville Road, police said.Herrera struck the driver's side of Bellezza's vehicle with the...

• Two Injured in Motorcyle Accident

  Chrissie Cole | June 29, 2007 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A motorcycle accident on Saturday, June 23, closed down Angeles Crest highway for three hours injuring two motorcyclists. The accident started a fire that burned a one-tenth acre in the Angeles National Forest.The two motorcycles sideswiped one another at the highway curve. One of the motorcyclists was, a 41-year-old man of La Miranda and the other was a 32-year-old man, of Torrance. Both...