A lot of motorcycle accidents don’t make the headlines, and if we aren’t working in law enforcement or making ambulance runs, these frightening collisions can escape our notice.
But Bakersfield streets and highways can be dangerous places, and plenty of riders suffer serious and life-threatening injuries without making the nightly news. To get drivers to show more caution around motorcyclists, Maison Law Accident & Injury Lawyers wanted to highlight just how many of these heartbreaking crashes occur in our area each year.
Bakersfield Motorcycle Accident Totals
In 2024, the most recent year for which statistics have been released, Bakersfield recorded 101 motorcycle accidents involving injury. That’s according to California’s Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS).
The figure is the highest in the past five years, but in truly surprising and welcome news, there were no fatal motorcycle accidents recorded in the city, according to TIMS. It remains to be seen if 2025 accident numbers will be lower once the year’s accident data is totaled and released.
The number of motorcyclists injured in 2024 accidents was also very high. 104 riders suffered injuries in crashes for the year. That’s the most since 2020. That’s the verdict from figures confirmed by California’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS).
Kern County Motorcycle Accident Statistics
Plenty of riders set out on rides that take them out of Bakersfield city limits. They may travel up and down Highway 99 or up Route 178 into the mountains.
Sadly, the decreased traffic they may enjoy still produces dangerous situations and accidents. In 2024, TIMS documented 167 motorcycle accidents involving injuries that occurred on Kern County roads. That was an increase of over 17 collisions from 1023.
County highways can be favorite routes for local motorcyclists, but the careless drivers who put riders at risk are present on every road.
These are a few of the accident numbers from popular highways around Kern County.
- Route 58 through the county was the scene of at least 4 serious motorcycle accidents in 2024, accounting for at least one tragic death. In 2023, there were 6 major accidents and at least one death.
- Highway 99 in Kern County was the scene of 10 serious motorcycle accidents in Kern County in 2024. In 2023, 11 serious accidents and at least one death occurred on the major highway.
- Route 178 across Kern County was a truly dangerous place for riders. It was the scene of 15 serious motorcycle accidents and at least 4 tragic deaths in 2024. That was a slight reduction from 2023, when there were 18 motorcycle accidents involving injury and 6 tragic deaths.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Bakersfield Motorcycle Accident?
If your accident left you with serious injuries, and a careless driver was at fault, you should talk to a Bakersfield Motorcycle Accident Lawyer about your next move. Trusting that a car insurance company will accept fault and pay all of your recovery bills can leave you to pay many of your own medical expenses. This is unacceptable for a crash you didn’t cause.
A lawyer can protect your claim by making sure car insurance companies can’t change the facts in the accident and shift the blame.
Your lawyer also has a great chance to secure much more for you. This is often much more than you could hope to win by filing a claim yourself.
We offer a free case consultation to all Kern County motorcycle accident victims to help them determine the best way to seek justice and support for the future. And if you need our help to earn what’s fair, you don’t pay any upfront costs for our services. We only get paid if we win the case on your behalf. Then our fee comes out of the settlement money that a car insurance company must pay.