Bicycle safety

2025 California Traffic Safety Survey released: Speeding, aggressive driving continue to be concerns

July 9, 2025
Submitted by Karen Nguyen Vo

UC Berkeley SafeTREC has released the California Traffic Safety Survey 2025. The study was led by Ewald & Wasserman Research Consultants (E&W) and conducted on behalf of the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and SafeTREC. The California Traffic Safety Survey has been conducted annually since 2010, and this year's survey was conducted...

NEW: Updated Safe System Approach Toolkit

July 8, 2025
Submitted by Kris Leckie
UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to share an update and refresh to our Safe System Approach toolkit, including new strategies, easier navigation, and more!

Covers of the English and Spanish versions of the Safe System Toolkit

Our toolkit, ...

Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety

CPBS Logo of a dark teal blue bicycle spoke on the left, Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety text in the middle, and an icon of a person walking on the right, all on a white background

UC Berkeley SafeTREC is excited to be a part of the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS), a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the...

CPBS 7/8 webinar: Redefining normal: A new post-fatal crash response

July 3, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson
People walking and biking in a crosswalk with "Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety" in dark teal on a white background below Join the conversation with CPBS about improving transportation system response to crashes

Join our consortium partners at the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) and guest speakers on Tuesday, July 8 at 11am PST to discuss how the new Emergency Streets...

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) Program

Comunidades Activas y Seguras (Active and Safe Communities) is a joint program of UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks). After working with communities of diverse backgrounds through our statewide Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training program, we decided to create a curriculum tailored to better meet the needs of Spanish-speaking communities. Since its inception in 2021, Comunidades Activas y Seguras (CAyS) has been dedicated to enhancing walking and...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program (CPBSP) was launched by UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) in collaboration with California Walks (Cal Walks) to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and serious injuries in communities across California. The CPBSP prioritizes working in communities that are at disproportionate risk for road traffic injuries and addressing the safety needs of people who are underserved by traditional transportation resources and planning, e.g., older adults, people with lower incomes, people...

Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program

The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training (CPBST) program is a joint project of UC Berkeley SafeTREC (SafeTREC) and California Walks (Cal Walks). The Community Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Training Program (CPBST) works with local residents, agency and organization staff, and transportation safety advocates to understand a community’s walking and biking safety concerns and advance their pedestrian and bicycle safety goals. We work to strengthen collaboration between all safety...

Street Story: A platform for community engagement

Street Story

Street Story is a community engagement platform provided by UC Berkeley SafeTREC in English and Spanish that allows residents, community groups, and agencies to collect information about transportation crashes, near misses, general hazards, and safe locations to travel. The tool is free to use, anonymous, and publicly accessible. Street Story is not a...

SafeTREC's Amalia Stahl to present at the 2025 Traffic Records Forum

June 30, 2025
Submitted by Lisa Peterson

UC Berkeley SafeTREC research data analyst Amalia Stahl will present "Autonomous Vehicle Safety in California: Visualizing AV Safety Data in a Simple andPromotional graphic for the 2025 Traffic Records Forum in Boston, MA Accessible Way for the General Public" at the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP) 2025 Traffic Records Forum on Monday, July 7, 2025. The Traffic...

California Traffic Safety Survey 2025

Ewald, Katrin
Wasserman, Lisa
2025

The 2025 Traffic Safety Public Opinion Study was conducted for the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center of UC Berkeley (SafeTREC). The findings of the 2025 Study are based on a sample size and eligibility criteria similar to previous years of data collection. A total of 2,319 responses were collected in April and May 2025 using an online selfadministered survey. Similar to previous years of the study, the survey panelists were provided through Marketing Services Group, a commercial sample and panel vendor.

The survey...