A cyclist crosses the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive on Monday. The area near the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive is among the more dangerous for cyclists in Santa Fe, a police department report concludes. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
A cyclist crosses St. Michael’s Drive on Monday. Crashes involving bicycles went up 67 percent from 2016 to 2017, then down 16 percent from 2017 through this year. Police say the data showing that aren’t enough to illustrate a trend, but any decline is positive. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
A cyclist crosses the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive on Monday. The area near the intersection of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s Drive is among the more dangerous for cyclists in Santa Fe, a police department report concludes. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
A cyclist crosses St. Michael’s Drive on Monday. Crashes involving bicycles went up 67 percent from 2016 to 2017, then down 16 percent from 2017 through this year. Police say the data showing that aren’t enough to illustrate a trend, but any decline is positive. Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
A map shows bicycle crashes in Santa Fe from March 2015 to February 2018. Courtesy Santa Fe Police Department
Bicycle crashes in Santa Fe are overwhelmingly concentrated in the city’s central “triangle,” where its busiest roadways intersect, according to a new Santa Fe Police Department analysis.
Other findings in the police study: Cyclists involved in a crash are much more likely to be male, most accidents occur on weekdays between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m., and the most common factor is a driver or cyclist failing to yield.
Covering a three-year period from March 2015 through February of this year, the study found bicycle crashes rose 67 percent between 2016 and 2017, then dropped 16 percent from 2017 into 2018. There were 110 crashes identified over this time frame, all but two of which involved a collision with a vehicle. There were 27 crashes reported in the 12-month period that ended February 2016, 45 through February 2017 and 38 through February 2018.
