A woman injured in the accident was transported from the scene by an ambulance.
Speeding and unsafe passing on Topanga Canyon Blvd. between the Topanga Living Café and Café 27 resulted in a motorcyclist’s fatality on Sept. 18. (See report in The Canyon Chronicle, October 2, “Speeding Accident on Highway 27”)
The traffic collision resulted in the death of the motorcyclist, who was taken from the scene via helicopter, with possible injuries to a female driver in a vehicle, who was transported from the scene by an ambulance.
“It was a fatal traffic collision with a solo motorcycle, from what seems like an impatient motorcycle passing a motorist; he hit the guard rail and went down,” said Weston Haver, Public Information Officer, California Highway Patrol, West Valley Area.
Haver also reported on the total traffic collisions during August and September, 2020.
For August, Haver reported that on Topanga Canyon Blvd. from PCH to the L.A. city limits, the CHP responded to a total of nine traffic collisions—five were injury collisions and four were property damage-only collisions. The “primary collision factors” were unsafe speed, unsafe turning movement, and DUI. There were nine traffic collisions for the same reporting period in Aug. 2019.
Haver further reported that in September, there were 10 traffic collisions on Topanga Canyon Blvd. from PCH north to the L.A. city limits. Of the 10 collisions reported, five were injury collisions (one fatal) and five were property-damage only collisions. The “primary collision factors” were unsafe turning movement, unsafe entry onto the highway, and DUI. There were eight traffic collisions for the same reporting period in Sept. 2019.
