Many bike injuries here happen around the patterns people recognize day-to-day:
- Commute traffic conflicts: Cars turning across bike lanes or pulling out without fully seeing cyclists.
- Construction and detours: Temporary striping, uneven pavement, and changing traffic control can create hazards.
- Residential street speed and cut-throughs: Even when the road “looks quiet,” vehicles may be moving faster than riders expect.
- Low visibility conditions: Dawn/dusk lighting, glare, and wet pavement can turn a minor misjudgment into a serious fall.
Those details matter because fault and damages often hinge on what the driver could see, what traffic control was in place, and how the crash unfolded second-by-second.


