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The Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo region is popular with bicyclists but experiences a growing number of accidents

Bicycling is becoming more popular in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo region. With this growing popularity comes a growing number of bicycle accidents and injuries.

Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo car accidents cause more injury, death, and economic loss than any other crime or civic issue

Motor vehicle accidents are an hourly occurrence in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo. Many crashes are completely avoidable, caused by drunk drivers or distracted drivers. Whatever the cause, car accidents are a major safety and economic issue for the communities in this region.

Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo motorcycle collisions are a serious safety risk for the many riders in the region

Motorcycle accidents are a common occurrence in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo region. These areas are popular with motorcyclists, and with so many bikes on the roads, the number of collisions is high, and motorcycle accidents are a major safety and economic issue for riders in the Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, and San Luis Obispo communities.

James Dean killed at age 24 in Cholame, California on Sept. 30, 1955

Date: 
Friday, September 30, 1955
Area: 
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo, CA
At 5:45 PM on September 30, 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection. The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rolf Wütherich was badly injured but survived.