Traffic collisions Archives

Berkeley honors JT Street, 19-year city worker, who died in motorcycle crash

June 152022June 212022

Police do not yet know what may have caused the crash but are looking into whether Street may have experienced a medical emergency.

June 122022June 152022

Police performed CPR on the man until firefighters arrived to take over life-saving efforts, but they were unsuccessful.

May 262022May 262022

As of Thursday, the officer remained in the hospital but is now in stable condition.

Feb. 252022June 122022

It was the highest number of traffic deaths the city has seen since at least 1984, the Berkeley Police Department found.

Dec. 302021Jan. 62022

A 58-year-old Berkeley man was charged with vehicular hit-and-run causing injury, driving without a license and parole violation.

Dec. 222021Dec. 242021

“If they don’t revise their practice of texting drivers while driving with unmounted cellphones,” said Mark Webb, “there will be more accidents.”

Dec. 202021Dec. 242021

A driver struck 90-year-old Jacque Ensign as she walked on Marin Avenue near her North Berkeley home earlier this month.

Dec. 102021Dec. 132021

The crashes took place Thursday and Friday just one block apart.

Dec. 22021Feb. 242022

The woman, a 43-year-old mother, was on her way to meet her husband and their three children for lunch when the crash happened.

Dec. 22021Dec. 42021

The pedestrian was crossing at Marin and Euclid avenues when the driver, who was coming down the hill, struck her in the crosswalk, police said.

Nov. 242021Dec. 132021

The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the woman to Highland Hospital in an effort to save her life. She was not breathing and had no pulse.

Sept. 122021Sept. 132021

Authorities said the men had gotten out of their vehicles to argue about the collision and were standing in traffic when the other driver hit them.