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Never made the newspapers / news reports, or at least not that I can find by googling!?? What’s become of our traditional news media? Did Mesa police keep this info to themselves?
according to sources on 12/14/2014 Helen Brandes-Weeks 66/F was killed by an apparently inattentive driver who struck her from behind in the bike lane on Ellsworth northbound between Elliot and Guadalupe… near Harvest Community Church [google maps] Continue reading “Mesa woman killed in bike lane”
I can’t find any mention of this fatality anywhere. I found it only because it appears in asdm data for 2014.
The location of the fatal collision is 35th Avenue near Turney, Phoenix. Continue reading “Bicyclist killed in 35th Ave, Phoenix nighttime crash”
I had missed this one, but there are/were news reports I found while reconciling the 2014 asdm data, News reports and database say a cyclists was struck and killed while running a red light in Tucson. Continue reading “Tucson Bicyclist Killed, Ran Red Light at Swan Road”
I can’t find any mention of this fatality anywhere.
The location is US Highway 180 (a.k.a. Fort Valley Ranch Road)… between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. Continue reading “Bicyclist killed on US180 in Coconino Co by overtaking motorist”
I found it only because it appears in asdm data for 2014. I find nothing googling. Given the paucity of data this appears to must have be a missing hit-and-run mis-coding?? Continue reading “Bicyclist fatality in Marana Collision”
I can’t find any mention of this fatality anywhere; seems odd.
I found this while corroborating the 2014 data, this is adot incident=2836999 Phoenix FileNumber: 201400828333; i haven’t yet tried to look up the ACR, though it should be available.
The data describes a classic motorist overtaking crash; both units were eastbound on Deer Valley Rd near 44th St, Phoenix. Middle of the morning (no lighting issues) on a weekday; when traffic is light. The motorist was dinged for “speed too fast…”.
Deer Valley Road is an urban (suburban) arterial road, in that section is a total of 4 lanes wide, two in each direction; eastbound is a dirt shoulder (westbound is curb and gutter). It’s, of course, not possible to tell the cyclist’s lane position from the database.
I found it only because it appears in asdm data for 2014. Nothing else googles up. It seems to be missing from FARS(??) Continue reading “Mesa cyclist killed in unknown collision”
I had missed this one, and only found it when reconciling asdm data and searching on Yuma and Magnolia… There was both a police press release (laced with the a-word! Most police know better than that?) as well as a Yuma Sun article.
The cyclist was riding Eastbound on the North sidewalk (i.e. “counter-flow”) of 8th St; the driver was southbound on Magnolia — at the signalized intersection — and made a right hand turn (who had a red light? Is this another right turn on red error? (no, according to the investigation, see below); colliding with the bicyclist in the crosswalk. Continue reading “Yuma bicyclist killed in crosswalk collision”
I found it only because it appears in asdm data for 2014. Searching google turned up Bicyclist hit by car on Tucson’s southwest side which fits the date/location, but I find no follow up.
The location of the fatal collision is Cottonwood Ln, south of Silverlake, Tucson. The victim was 86 y.o. female. Mid-morning crash. Continue reading “Elderly bicyclist killed on Cottonwood Ln Tucson”
I can’t find any mention of this fatality anywhere. I found it only because it appears in asdm data for 2014.
The location of the fatal collision is Dobbins Rd and 51st Ave. This appears that it could be a right on red turning error by the motorist; Continue reading “Elderly bicyclist killed in crosswalk by right-turning motorist”
I had missed this one, that apparently did not make the news, though while reconciling the 2014 asdm data, I see that accidentdatacenter.com had it correct — other than they described the cyclist as in extremely critical condition so they hadn’t updated it.
Continue reading “Phoenix bicyclist fatal collision 7th and Pima”
This incident never made the news; though it was accurately described by accidentdatacenter.com at the time; though the wording was a little strange, I mean for example “He came out of nowhere and crossed in front of them,” doesn’t sound like something a Phoenix PIO would say. Continue reading “Bike rider struck and killed when he crosses in front of vehicle on 28th Ave and McDowell”
12/19/2014 ~ 11am. Elderly male driver of minivan apparently ran red light southbound Gilbert Road, killing bicyclist (not released) and injuring 2 others; as they passed through the intersection of Gilbert Road and 8th Ave (apparently 8th Ave is Pueblo Ave on the east side) in Mesa, AZ Continue reading “Alleged red-light runner hits 3 bicyclists, 1 dead in Mesa”
[UPDATE; criminal case driver sentenced to 6.5 years prison, see below]
[There have been a couple recent items of interest documented at ourhtn.com, on Nov 29 there was a MV crash at intersection, and on Dec 1 a mobile speed trailer was set up] Continue reading “Cyclist dead in Ahwatukee car wreck”
Victim 23/M Brandon Rutledge; 11/6/2014, no time specified, video indicates it was daylight. 59th Avenue & Roosevelt, Phoenix; A semi tractor (video shows no trailer) was turning right from 59th Ave (direction was not specified) on to Roosevelt. The bicyclist had been riding on the sidewalk on 59th and continued through crosswalk, though the direction is not specified. “(phoenix police) did say the bicyclist appears to have broken some traffic laws” may be incorrect, Phoenix PD tends to fault bicyclists riding in crosswalks despite it not being illegal. I have attempted repeatedly to point this out to Phoenix PD; e.g. when an 82-year-old driver left-crossed and killed an 11-year-old girl , they determined the driver had done nothing wrong.
Continue reading “Crosswalk cyclist killed in crash w/ turning semi driver”