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OXNARD POLICE DEPARTMENT
NEWS RELEASE
| INCIDENT: | Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Operation |
| DATE/TIME: | June 12, 2017 / 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
| PREPARED BY: | Jamie Brown, Traffic Coordinator (805) 385-7749 |
| CONTACT PERSON AND CONTACT INFO: | Jamie Brown, Traffic Coordinator (805) 385-7749 |
DETAILS:
Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Operation Planned on Monday, June 12, 2017
The Oxnard Police Department will be conducting a Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operation on June 12, 2017, with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
The Oxnard Police Department has mapped out locations over the past three years where pedestrian and bike collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those crashes. Extra officers will be on duty patrolling areas where bike and pedestrian traffic and crashes occur in an effort to lower deaths and injuries.
Officers will be looking for violations made by drivers, bike riders, and pedestrians alike that can lead to life-changing injuries. Special attention will be directed toward drivers speeding, making illegal turns, failing to stop for signs and signals, failing to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks, or any other dangerous violations.\
Additionally, enforcement will be taken for observed violations when pedestrians cross the street illegally or fail to yield to drivers who have the right of way. Pedestrians should cross the street only at marked crosswalks or corners. Bike riders will be stopped and citations issued when they fail to follow the same traffic laws that apply to motorists. All riders are reminded to always wear a helmet – those under 18 years of age must wear helmets by law.
Bicycle and pedestrian fatalities are rising in California as more people use these non-motorized means of transportation. Locally, the Oxnard Police Department has investigated 14 fatal and 506 injury collisions involving pedestrians and bicyclists during the past three years. In 2013, California witnessed 701 pedestrians and 141 bicyclists killed, accounting for more than 28 percent of all traffic fatalities.
Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
DATE / TIME PREPARED: June 9, 2017 / 10:00 p.m.