Officer Andrew Barclay of the CHP passed on more information about bicycle collisions that the CHP responds to: 1. 60-70% of those accidents are in West Marin. 2. 30% of the collisions are on the Golden Gate Bridge. The remaining…
Marin County Bicycle accident statistics 2001-2013
Troy Peterson, EMS Specialist for the Marin County Emergency Medical Services Agency provided me with chart below which gives the number of cycling accidents in Marin County between 2001 and 2013. The 2013 data is brand new. Mr. Peterson wrote that…
Lifesquare
Here is Marin County EMS Battalion Chief Giannini touting an interesting product. One of the recommended applications is on the side of a cyclist’s helmet. For cyclists with health concerns that cannot fit on a RoadID, this would be worth…
The cost of a helicopter extraction
More great information from Mike Giannini, EMS Battalion Chief for Marin County Fire. I asked him about the cost of a helicopter extraction that we saw in my first post. Chief Giannini reported that “there are five public ambulance providers…
Officer Barclay, CHP
This morning I spoke with Officer Andrew Barclay, public affairs officer at the Marin office of California Highway Patrol. That’s him to the right. Officer Barclay was extremely helpful and is clearly interested in helping cyclists avoid harm. He worked in…
Getting started
On December 14, 2013, I saw a cyclist airlifted from the Rock Springs parking lot on Mount Tam. I don’t know the cyclist and have no information about his or her injuries or how the accident happened. As I watched…