No Bicyclist has died (that we know of*) in
OC since the last May Ride of Silence...
May 2024's list of 10... all in traffic
Antonio Huerta; 52 (May 12, Fountain Valley) 
Ruben Perez; 45 (April 25, Fullerton)
David Olmos, 18 (Mar 7, Huntington Beach)
Mei Lan Tsai, 57? (Feb 29, Westminster)
Zachary Slipp, 43 (Feb 17, Santa Ana)
-2023-
Charlie Chen, 68 (Nov 21, Foumtain Valley)
Wayne Pinto, 73 (Oct 19, Orange)
Jonathan Gala, 47 (Oct 7, Laguna Beach)
Steven Gonzales, 70 (Sep 10, Huntington Beach)
Sara Wheaton, 49 (Jun 11, Lake Forest)
(see count by Calendar Year here)
May 2023's list of 16... all in traffic
Michael Guzman, 54 (Apr 22, Orange)
Michael John Mammone, 58 (Feb 1, Dana Point)
Robert C Galvan, late 30s (Jan 28, Fullerton) H&R?
-2022-
AJ Bryce, 59 (Nov 4, hit Oct 14 2021, Tustin)
Phong Khuu, 62 (Nov 15, Fountain Valley) DUI
Randy Cintron, 43 (Sep 11, Newport Beach) DUI H&R
Jeff Rosenthal, 72 (Sep 9, Laguna Hills) DUI
Bradley Rofer, 8 (Sep 1, Cota de Caza)
James Henry McKane, 69 (Aug 23, Irvine)
Elfego Andrade, 67 (Aug 18, Fullerton) H&R
Timothy Briley, 42 (Aug 11, Huntington Beach) DUI
Marcial Hernandez, 53 (Aug 7, La Habra) H&R
Michael Wolf, 78 (Aug 2, Mission Viejo)
Dac Them Kieu, 73 (July 5, Fountain Valley)
John Story, 67 (June 18, Santa Ana)
Joshua Gene Cervantes, 40 (June 7, San Clemente) H&R
May 2022's list of 11... 10 in traffic
Ivars Bornsteins, 58 (Mar 3, Fullerton) eBike or Moped? H&R?
Alejandro Perez, 54 (Feb 21, Santa Ana)
Alberto Ortiz, 63 (Feb 12, Santa Ana) H&R
Jason Aguilar, 25 (Feb 5, Laguna Open Space)
Kelly Carrington,52 (Jan 20,Huntington Beach)
Liem Bui, 71 (Jan 15, Fountain Valley)
H&R
-2021-
Norman Rest,73 (Nov 29, Laguna Beach)
Justin Sanders, 24 (Oct 29, Santa Ana H&R
AJ Bryce, 59 (Oct 14, died Nov 4 2022, Tustin)
Jenn Macy, 36 (Sep 25, San Juan Capistrano)
Clinton Silverman, 75 (Aug 8, Huntington Beach)
John Crouch, 68 (May 27, Huntington Beach) DUI?
May 2021's list of 12
Ernest Adams, 88 (Mar 28, Newport Beach) DUI
Anthony Alvarez-Gomez, 27 (Feb 12, Anaheim)
-2020-
Noel Bascon, 12 (Dec 6, Costa Mesa)
Joshua Pumphrey, 33 (Nov 23, Fullerton)
Hannah Tran, 42 (Nov 15, Santiago Cnyn@Modjeska Grade)
Ho Cheong 24 (Nov 15, La Palma)
Wendy Cendejas,50 (Oct 17 {19}, Huntington Beach)
James Blauer, 68 (Oct 2, Costa Mesa)
another man, ? (Sep 30, Seal Beach)
another boy, 3 (Sep 20, Orange)
Barbora Kabatova, 26 (Jul 11, Irvine)
Linda Smythe, 70 (May 25, Irvine)
May 2020's list of 14
Noe Garcia, 70 (April 21, Fullerton)
Daniel Hoffman, ? (April 1, Huntington Beach)
Another young man, (March 15, Newport Beach)
Hector Carrillo, 62 (March 6, Huntington Beach)
Robert Calvin, 83 (March 5, Laguna Niguel)
Tyler Kanarr, 25 (February 25, Orange)
Adam Nickelson, 30 (Jan 19 {23}, Huntington Beach)
-2019-
Carlos Bravo, 45 (Dec 9, Buena Park)
Mario Gomez, 57 (Dec 6 {8}, Huntington Beach)
Daniel Martinez, 52 (Nov 4, Santa Ana)
Virgilio Lemus Garcia, 60 (Oct 13 {16}, Santa Ana)
Chad Peterson, 44 (Sep 2 {3} Ortega Hwy)
Pablo Valdez-Aguirre, 20 (Jul 22, LasFlores/Mission Viejo)
Marcos Monzon, 40 (Jun 11, Santa Ana) 
May 2019's list of 17 all in traffic
Jaxon Ortiz, 8 (May 13, Ladera Ranch)
Mike Alcaraz, 60 (May 5, Santa Ana)
Raymond Macdonald, 33 (Mar 30, Huntington Beach)
Michael Tomlinson, 51 (Jan 30, Aliso Viejo) 
Paul Smith, 64 (Jan 11, Seal Beach)
-2018-
Chandler Espinoza, 25
(Dec 15, Died Jan 1, Rancho Santa Margarita)
Leslie Valdovinos, 33 (Dec 5, Santa Ana)
Charles Kam, 78 (Nov 20, Huntington Beach)
Konghao Wei, 19 (Nov 13, Irvine)
Mike Kreza, 44 (Nov 3 - died Nov 5, Mission Viejo)
Richard Mulfania Jr., 48 (Oct 21, Huntington Beach)
Raymond William Jaso, 52 (Oct 8, Buena Park)
Tam Nguyen, 79 (Oct 8, Stanton)
Terri Ames, 54 (Aug 9, Cypress)
Jesus Romero, 17 (July 20, Santa Ana)
Arthur Kendrick, 84 (June 25, Lake Forest)
Alexander Russell, 32 (Jun 8, Garden Grove)
May 2018's list of 8
John Dolan (Apr 26, Orange)  3
Jesus Cruiz-Ramirez, 38 (Mar 22, Santa Ana)
Thomas Bucsko, 64 (Mar 21, San Juan Capistrano)
-2017-
John Smith, 56 (Sep 27, Orange)
Gary Thomsen, 78 (Sep 26, Irvine)
Bihn Ngo, 41 (Sep 13, Fountain Valley)
Jose Vasquez-Perez, 41 (Jul 15, Newport Beach)
Eliseo Benitez-Quiroz, 71 (Jul 3, Garden Grove)
May 2017's list of 8
Encarnacion Salazar Munoz, 52 (Mar 19, Anaheim)
David Garcia, 42 (Mar 13, La Palma)  ?
Paul Hurst, 38 (Jan 18, Stanton)
-2016-
Gilbert Gutierrez, 32 (Oct 28, Costa Mesa) 3
Deborah Gresham, 44 (Oct 14, Stanton)
Jonathan Petsas, 19 (Sep 30, Placentia)
Jorge Leyva, 42 (May 29, Anaheim)
Brock McCann, 8 (May 25, Newport Beach)
May 2016's list of 15
Becky Sheehan, 35 (Mar 17, Buena Park)
Ricardo Aguilar, 44 (Mar 12, Santa Ana) ?
Thuc Van Nguyen, 71 (Jan 25, Santa Ana)?
Angel Preciado, 52 (Jan 12, (2/15) Yorba Linda)  2,3?
-2015-
Kevin Jiang, 9 (Nov 20, 2015, Irvine) 2,3
Valente Vasquez, 29 (Oct 17, Huntington Beach) 1
Kathleen Walker,37 (Sep 27, Orange) 2,3,
Rafael Romo, 51 (Sep 14, Placentia) 3
Nadia Silva, 31 (Sep 10, Huntington Beach) ?1?3?
Jonathon Wilson, 23 (Aug 2, Newport Beach) 1b,4
David Smedley, 58 (Jul 14, Garden Grove) 3
Priscilla Vallejo, 13 (Jul 13, Santa Ana) 2
Suzi Ramage,& dog Sonny,55 (Jun 23, Garden Grove) ?1 ! DUI
Jorge Covarrubias, 40 (Jun 16, Stanton) 3,?4 !!
Michiko Day, 66 (May 30, 2015, Laguna Hills) 2,5
4x1, 3x2, 3x3, 4x4, 1x5, 4x?, 2x*, 1x! Drunk, 1x!! Hit&Run
May 2015's list of 13
Robert Horton, 62 (May 4, 2015, Santa Ana) 2?
Timothy Binau, 41 (Apl 1, 2015, Anaheim) 1, 3?
-2014-
Vihn Tran, 36 (Dec 27, 2014 Fountain Valley)
1 ! DUI
Cesar Labastida, 74 (Nov 15 {30}, Laguna Woods) 1,3?
Hassan Davoodiaria, 69 (Nov 15, Santa Ana) 2
Daniella Palacios, 44 (Nov 1, Anaheim) 1,3? !!
Shaun Eagleson, 30 ( Oct 19, Newport Coast) 1 !!
William Rowland, 61 (Sep 5, Huntington Beach) 3?
Michael Bastien, 55 (Sep 1, Huntington Beach) 1 !!
Artemio Ortiz, 56 (Aug 1, Orange) 3
Rafael Correa, 19 (Jul 5, Fullerton) 2,5
John Colvin, 55 (Jun 17, Laguna Beach) 1 !!
Jordan Ames, 21 (May 30, 2014, Santa Ana) 3
7x1, 3x2, 6x3, 1x4, 4x?, 1x*, 1x! Drunk, 4x!! Hit&Run
May 2014's list of 17
Haitham Gamal, 39 (May 6, 2014, Dana Point)2?
Kathy Sieberhein, 44 (April 16, Huntington Beach)
Geneveve Hall, 34 (April 6, Huntington Beach)
Sean Severson, 15 (March 21, Fountain Valley)
Alfanso Franco, 52 (Feb 20, Santa Ana)
Matthew Liechty, 37 (Feb 19, Huntington Beach)
Joey Robinson, 21 (Feb 2, 2014 Orange) 1 !! DUI
-2013-
Pete Tomaino, 82 (Dec 24, 2013 Laguna Hills)1
Paul Lin, 41 (Nov 6, Newport Beach)
Michelle Lounsbury, 44 (Nov 4, Costa Mesa)
Manuel Morales Rodriguez, 19 (Oct 30, Anaheim) 1? ?
Debra Deem, 58 (Aug 27, Newport Beach)
Alberto Ramos, 40 (July 20, Stanton)
Richard Paine, 19 (July 11, Fullerton)
James Waller, 53 (June 28, Irvine/Laguna Beach)
Chelsea Kashergen, 22 (June 20, Fullerton)
Susan Stripko, 56 (June 2,2013 Huntington Beach)
"Victim Blaming" is a counterproductive
impulse, but there may be aspects we can pull from reports that give
clues a Savvy Cyclist can learn from to reducing risks in traffic.
1: Edge riding - shoulder riding- Bike Lane users; Rear ended
1a: Doored 1b: Hit parked car
2: Bikeway or side walk or Cross walk to Road conflicts
3: Failure to follow Rules of the Road / CVC / Control Device
: Missing legal lights & reflectors in dark
4: Solo crash in road - not traffic related
!: Drunk / Impaired Driver
!! Hit & Run motorist
5: Questionable road design hazards
* If we have missed anyone, PLEASE let us know
of any other cyclists killed while cycling in Orange County traffic
Many others have been injured or disabled by incidents in traffic...
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