A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a collision on the Loop 410 access road near Evers Road on San Antonio's Northwest Side shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday, police said. Local reports said the rider was thrown into the roadway.
A San Antonio police sergeant told KENS 5 that the man, who is in his 20s, was traveling at a high rate of speed. He hit a sedan stopped at a red light, News 4 San Antonio reported.
The rider was taken to University Hospital in stable condition and is expected to recover, according to News 4 San Antonio. No other injuries were reported.
Speed a Recurring Theme in Local Motorcycle Crashes
Speed has also figured in recent motorcycle safety concerns cited by San Antonio police. The department had responded to 355 motorcycle-involved crashes this year, 19 of them fatal, FOX San Antonio reported. Detective Dominic Garcia told the station that speed has been a major issue in recent crashes. In one five-day stretch, three riders died and another was critically injured across San Antonio and the surrounding area.
Those figures cover a different timeframe and footprint than a separate count from Texas Public Radio, which reported 948 motorcycle crashes across San Antonio and New Braunfels in 2025, leaving 218 riders seriously injured. Statewide, TxDOT reported 8,932 motorcycle crashes that year, killing 557 people and injuring 2,468, the station's report notes.
State Agency Pushes Awareness Campaign
TxDOT rolled out a Motorcycle Safety Awareness campaign in May, and a spokesperson told Texas Public Radio that a lot of fatal motorcycle crashes involve turns at intersections. The agency's Share the Road safety guidance urges drivers to slow down, obey posted speed limits and adjust for road conditions to help protect riders.
TxDOT guidance and statewide figures
As general statewide context—not a finding about this crash—TxDOT’s Share the Road guidance says 37% of motorcycle fatalities happen at roadway intersections. The campaign advises drivers to obey posted speed limits and drive according to road conditions, noting that speeding makes every type of crash more deadly. TxDOT reported that 557 motorcyclists were killed and 2,468 were seriously injured in crashes on Texas roads in 2025. Those figures count people killed or seriously injured, not crashes.
No citations or charges tied to Thursday's crash have been detailed, and police have not released the motorcyclist's identity or further specifics about the collision. The Loop 410 access road near Evers Road remains a stretch familiar to Northwest Side commuters, and the case adds another entry to a year already marked by heavy scrutiny of motorcycle safety across San Antonio.
