NEWS RELEASE: Street Racing Enforcement (2-5-23)

Please be advised that traffic has been closed for eastbound and westbound traffic at Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue, due to a traffic collision impacting both directions of travel. This may also impact traffic at the intersection of Rose Avenue and Fifth Street. Please consider using alternate routes this afternoon.

NEWS RELEASE

DATE:                       February 2, 2023 

SUBJECT:                Traffic Collision Involving Oxnard Police Department Patrol Vehicle

LOCATION:              Fifth Street and Buena Vista Avenue, Oxnard

DRIVER/VEHICLE:  Oxnard Police Department Police Officer / Marked F-150 Patrol

Vehicle          

DRIVER/VEHICLE:  Daniel Llamas, 22-year-old Ventura Resident / 2022 Harley Davidson

motorcycle               

CONTACT:               Corporal Andrew Pinkstaff, Traffic Investigator | (805) 385-7750 |

[email protected]

On February 2, 2023, at approximately 3:07 PM, an on-duty Oxnard Police Department patrol officer, driving a marked black and white patrol pickup truck, was involved in a traffic collision with a motorcycle near the intersection of Fifth Street and Buena Vista Avenue, in Oxnard.  In an effort to avoid the collision, the patrol pickup truck swerved and also collided with a private passenger bus that was stopped in traffic, near the intersection.

Immediately following the collision, an Oxnard Police Department officer rendered aid to the motorcyclist and summoned emergency medical care.  The motorcyclist, identified as a 22-year-old Ventura resident, was transported to the Ventura County Medical Center, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Members of the Oxnard Police Department Traffic Unit responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.  Preliminary investigation revealed that the Oxnard Police Department patrol pickup truck was turning from northbound Buena Vista Avenue, onto westbound Fifth Street, when it was struck by the motorcycle, which had been travelling westbound on Fifth Street.  After colliding with the motorcycle, the Oxnard Police Department patrol pickup also collided with a private passenger bus, which was stopped for traffic in the eastbound lanes of Fifth Street, west of Buena Vista Avenue. There were no reported injuries from passengers in the passenger bus.

Neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be a factor in this collision, and the investigation is ongoing.

Witnesses, or anyone with information regarding this collision, are urged to contact Corporal Andrew Pinkstaff at (805) 385-7750 or via email at [email protected].

NEWS RELEASE

 

DATE:         January 30, 2023

SUBJECT:  Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Enforcement

CONTACT: Mike Wood, Corporal  

         (805) 385-7749 | [email protected]

 

The Oxnard Police Department will conduct a traffic safety operation on January 31, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. focused on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk.

 

These violations include speeding, making illegal turns, failing to yield or provide right of way to bicyclists or pedestrians, or failing to stop for signs and signals.

 

The Oxnard Police Department offers steps drivers and pedestrians can take to greatly reduce the risk of getting injured or in a crash:

 

Pedestrians 

·         Be predictable. Use crosswalks, when available.  

·         Take notice of approaching vehicles and practice due care.  

·         Do not walk or run into the path of a vehicle. At 30 mph, a driver needs at least 90 feet to stop. 

·         Be visible. Make it easy for drivers to see you – wear light colors, reflective material and carry a flashlight, particularly at dawn, dusk or at night. 

·         Be extra careful crossing streets or entering crosswalks at night when it is harder to see, or when crossing busier streets with more lanes and higher speed limits. 

 

Drivers 

·         Follow the speed limit and slow down at intersections. Be prepared to stop for pedestrians at marked and unmarked crosswalks. 

·         Avoid blocking crosswalks while waiting to make a right-hand turn. 

·         Never drive impaired.

 

Bicyclists

·         Obey traffic laws, use hand signals, use lights at night (front white light and rear red reflector), and wear a helmet. 

·         Bicyclists must travel in the same direction of traffic and have the same requirements as any slow-moving vehicle. 

·         Avoid the door zone: do not ride too closely to parked cars. 

·         If there’s a bike lane, use it, unless making a left turn, passing, or approaching a place where a right turn is allowed. 

·         Yield to pedestrians. Bicyclists must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within marked crosswalks or within unmarked crosswalks at intersections.  

 

Funding for this program is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

NEWS RELEASE

 

DATE:           January 27, 2023

SUBJECT:    DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoints and Saturation Patrol Results

CONTACT:   Jose Diaz, Sergeant

                        (805) 385-7847 [email protected]

 

Six impaired drivers arrested during two simultaneous DUI checkpoints and saturation patrol.

 

On January 26, 2023, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m., the Oxnard Police Department collaborated with the California Highway Patrol – Ventura Office and held two simultaneous DUI/Driver’s License checkpoints and a city-wide saturation patrol. The first checkpoint was held at Wooley Road and A Street, and the second location was held at Saviers Road and Iris Street.  The operations resulted in six arrests for impaired driving and forty-one citations.

 

Checkpoint locations are based on a history of crashes and DUI arrests. The primary purpose of checkpoints is not to make arrests but to promote public safety by deterring drivers from driving impaired.

 

Funding for this checkpoint and DUI enforcement patrols was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.