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# Teen on e-bike taken to Highland after Berkeley crash
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/05/17/traffic-safety/berkeley-bicycle-collision-teen-highland/
- Published: 2024-05-17T22:03:22.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-17T22:53:41.000Z
- Description: Police said the driver made an unexpected turn, causing the teenager — who had the right-of-way — to run into him.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: Traffic safety, North Berkeley, BPD, #articles

A 17-year-old boy on an e-bike was taken to Highland Hospital on Friday after colliding with a driver in [North Berkeley](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/north-berkeley/), authorities report.

[Berkeley police](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/berkeley-police-department/) said the driver made an unexpected turn, causing the teenager — who had the right-of-way — to run into the vehicle, according to the preliminary investigation.

The crash happened in the 2100 block of Rose Street, between Shattuck Avenue and Walnut Street, just after noon.

**Read more about [traffic safety](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/traffic-safety/) in Berkeley.**

Police said the driver was pulling out of a parking lot when the teenager ran into the passenger side of his vehicle.

The 17-year-old, who was bleeding from the mouth after the crash, was taken to Highland "Code 2" (following normal traffic laws) for treatment.

[Explore Berkeley traffic data on the BPD Transparency HubThe new traffic data joins other interactive pages on the Transparency Hub about crime, police stops, calls for service, uses of force and trends.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/size/w256h256/format/jpeg/2022/09/The-Berkeley-Scanner_Icon_Color-1.jpg)The Berkeley ScannerEmilie Raguso![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2023/04/traffic-data-transparency.jpg)](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2023/04/27/traffic-safety/berkeley-traffic-data-transparency-hub/)

In the first quarter of 2024, there were 26 injury collisions in Berkeley involving cyclists compared to 14 over the same period last year, according to the [latest BPD data](https://bpd-transparency-initiative-berkeleypd.hub.arcgis.com/pages/traffic-safety?ref=berkeleyscanner.com).

Overall, injury collisions involving cyclists were down slightly last year compared to 2022, according to [BPD's Transparency Hub data portal](https://bpd-transparency-initiative-berkeleypd.hub.arcgis.com/pages/traffic-safety?ref=berkeleyscanner.com). They were also down compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Since 2017, the city has averaged about 90 collisions involving cyclists annually.

It's important to note, however, that BPD does not separate injury crashes in the Transparency Hub by severity level or distinguish solo bike crashes from those involving other parties.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2024/05/Screenshot-2024-05-17-at-2.23.39-PM.jpg)

Injury collisions in Berkeley involving cyclists, 2017-23\. [**BPD Transparency Hub*](https://bpd-transparency-initiative-berkeleypd.hub.arcgis.com/pages/traffic-safety?ref=berkeleyscanner.com)

### More Berkeley traffic collision data online

For those interested in local traffic collision data, UC Berkeley has an excellent site called the [Transportation Injury Mapping System](https://tims.berkeley.edu/?ref=berkeleyscanner.com) and the California Highway Patrol has a database called [SWITRS](https://iswitrs.chp.ca.gov/?ref=berkeleyscanner.com), which both offer more granular collision information.

Berkeley Library has also collected [transportation data and statistics](https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=492303&p=4043863&ref=berkeleyscanner.com) on its website.

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