Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bike Crashes

Today’s Crash, Nick Fox’s Passing Bring 2016 Chicago Bike Death Toll to Six

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2016 | 28 Comments

Tragically, last week’s epidemic of bike fatalities and serious injury crashes in the Chicago region, has continued into this week. This morning a young woman was fatally struck by a flatbed truck driver in Roscoe Village. She was the sixth person to be struck and killed by a commercial vehicle driver while biking in Chicago […]

Why Hasn’t the Driver Who Killed Francisco Cruz Been Apprehended Yet?

By John Greenfield | Sep 15, 2016 | 8 Comments

[Last year the Chicago Reader launched a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership allows Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We syndicate a portion of the column after it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website or in print. The paper hits the […]

Male Cyclist, 20, in Critical Condition After Being Doored, Struck, Dragged

By John Greenfield | Sep 6, 2016 | 22 Comments

A 20-year-old man is in critical condition after a motorist opened a car door in his path while he was biking in Portage Park, throwing the man into traffic, where the bike rider was then struck and dragged by an SUV driver. At about 1:40 p.m. this afternoon, the man, whose name has not been […]

Reckless Drivers Kill Four Cyclists, Trib Warns Bike Riders to Be More Careful

By John Greenfield | Sep 2, 2016 | 22 Comments

Yesterday, in response to four recent Chicago bike fatalities apparently caused by reckless drivers, the Tribune ran a well-meaning but wrongheaded editorial that largely puts the onus for creating safer streets on people who bike. It’s clear the editorial writer or writers were moved by the deaths of Blaine Klingenberg, Virginia Murray, Lisa Kuivinen, and […]

Cyclist Francisco Cruz Remembered as a Good Samaritan, Driver Still at Large

By John Greenfield | Aug 19, 2016 | 7 Comments

Family and friends are remembering Francisco “Frank” Cruz, fatally struck on his bike by a hit-and-run van driver in West Garfield Park Wednesday night, as someone who went out of his way to help others. Meanwhile, police have yet to apprehend the motorist, despite the fact that the van bore the name and phone number […]

Alderman Burnett Weighs In on Kuivinen Case, Cyclists Honor Fallen Rider

By John Greenfield and Steven Vance | Aug 17, 2016 | 19 Comments

The case of Lisa Kuivinen, a 20-year-old art student who was fatally struck by an 18-wheel flatbed truck driver while cycling on Milwaukee Avenue yesterday morning, has moved many Chicagoans, from everyday bike riders to city officials. Around 8:15 a.m. Kuivinen, a Rolling Meadows native who studied animation at the School of the Art Institute […]

Lisa Kuivinen, 20, Struck and Killed While Biking on Milwaukee Avenue

By John Greenfield | Aug 16, 2016 | 27 Comments

We have been notified that Lisa Kuivinen identified as non-binary and preferred gender-neutral pronouns. The post has been edited accordingly. Lisa Kuivinen, a 20-year-old art student, was fatally struck by the driver of an 18-wheel flatbed truck this morning while cycling on Milwaukee Avenue in West Town. At about 8:15 a.m. Lisa was riding on […]

Dragging Survivor Scott Jacobson Is Making an Amazing Recovery

By John Greenfield | Jul 7, 2016 | 10 Comments

There’s been a lot of bad news lately about bike crashes and fatalities in Chicago. Fortunately we’ve also got the inspiring story of Scott Jacobson, a man who was struck and dragged hundreds of feet on his bike, suffering horrific injuries. Jacobson has been making a remarkable recovery and has kept a positive attitude in […]

Virginia Murray, 25, Fatally Struck While Riding a Divvy Bike in Avondale

By John Greenfield | Jul 1, 2016 | 41 Comments

Virginia Murray, 25, was fatally struck by a truck driver this morning while riding a Divvy bike at Belmont Avenue and Sacramento Avenue in Avondale, according to police. The case appears to be the first fatal crash involving a bike-share user in the U.S. At about 9:00 a.m. Murray and the driver of a 2001 Chevrolet flatbed […]

An Epidemic of Bike Crashes; Bad Trail Design May Have Caused One of Them

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2016 | 7 Comments

It’s been an awful two weeks for bike collisions in northeast Illinois. On Tuesday of last week, a 29-year-old woman was struck and injured on her bicycle at Jackson and Homan, by a police officer who witnesses say ran a red light without using lights or sirens. That Wednesday bike courier Blaine Klingenberg was fatally […]

Witnesses: Officer Who Ran Red, Injured Cyclist Didn’t Use Lights or Sirens

By John Greenfield | Jun 15, 2016 | 12 Comments

According to the Chicago Police, an officer who struck and injured a 29-year-old female cyclist yesterday while running a traffic signal had activated the squad car’s emergency lights. But a witnesses says neither the car’s lights nor its sirens were on when the officer passed through the intersection, knocking the woman off her bike. The […]

Wife of Cyclist Dragged in Bridgeport Provides an Update on His Condition

By John Greenfield | May 10, 2016 | 4 Comments

Scott Jacobson continues to stoically recover from the horrific injuries he suffered after being struck on his bike and dragged hundreds of feet by a driver, according to Jacobson’s wife Rachel. Meanwhile, it remains to be seen whether the Cook County state’s attorney’s office will level more serious charges against the motorist, who so far […]

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