Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bicycle Safety

Bicyclist Killed in Redwood City Hit-and-Run

By Bryan Goebel | Oct 14, 2009 | 32 Comments

View Larger Map Note: We’ve posted an update and a profile of the bicyclist, Mary Yonkers. According to KCBS radio, a bicyclist has been killed in a hit-and-run crash involving a dump truck this morning in Redwood City: Authorities are looking for the driver of a dump truck who hit and killed a bicyclist in […]

Bicyclist Injured in Haight Street Crash This Morning

By Michael Rhodes and Matthew Roth | Oct 9, 2009 | 18 Comments

Photo: Michael Kohn A woman bicycling on Haight Street between Clayton and Belvedere was injured in a crash involving multiple delivery trucks between 9 and 10 a.m. today. Details are still unclear, but according to an eyewitness account, she was taken away in an ambulance, conscious but with apparent injuries to her legs. The eyewitness, […]

Men Who Harrased Bicyclist On Her Commute Home ‘Severely Warned’

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 24, 2009 | 31 Comments

Flickr photo: Richard Masoner A San Francisco police inspector has "severely warned" two men who allegedly harassed a bicyclist in the bike lane along the Embarcadero last week. The terrifying tale, which we published verbatim on Streetsblog, stirred quite a reaction among new and regular commenters, and served as an important reminder about what to […]

Eyes on the Street: Backwards Driver Crashes Into Cyclist in GG Park

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 18, 2009 | 41 Comments

Flickr photo: NateShow From SF Citizen via Eyes on Blogs comes word of a nasty collision between a bicyclist and an SUV driver in Golden Gate Park Wednesday. The photographer who snapped these shots described the crash on his Flickr post: The driver of this SUV (apparently not from the area), was backing up in […]

A San Francisco Bicyclist’s Terrifying Commute Home

By Bryan Goebel | Sep 16, 2009 | 60 Comments

Flickr photo: Jaimie Ho San Francisco bicyclists face daily hostility on the streets from motorists, but a Streetsblog reader’s account of her frightening commute home this week is one that especially stands out, and could potentially amount to hate crime and vehicular assault charges if the assailants are caught. It also serves as a stark […]

Woman Killed by Driver Near San Francisco’s Residential Highway

By Michael Rhodes | Sep 15, 2009 | 28 Comments

View Larger Map A woman was struck and killed by a driver this morning while walking near the intersection of Fell and Broderick Streets in San Francisco. The victim, who wore a hooded sweatshirt, fleece cutoff pants and flip flops, was a 24-year-old San Francisco resident identified as Melissa Dennison. A man came forward to […]

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