A 62-year-old Westminster woman has died after crashing her e-bike into a raised concrete curb in Huntington Beach, police say, marking the second fatal e-bike incident in the city in just a few months. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Brightwater Drive, according to authorities.
The Huntington Beach Police Department responded to the scene after receiving a report of the single-vehicle e-bike crash, according to the Los Angeles Times. Officers found the woman unconscious in the roadway, and paramedics were called to the scene, per the seed account shared by the Huntington Beach Police Department on Facebook.
A preliminary investigation indicated the woman had been riding eastbound on Warner Avenue in the bicycle lane east of Brightwater Drive when she hit the raised concrete curb and fell, the Times reports. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment but ultimately died from her injuries, according to the Orange County Tribune.
Impairment Role Remains Unclear
Whether impairment played a role remains unclear, as the case is still under investigation. The department's Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team continues to examine the crash.
Investigators have asked anyone with information to contact HBPD Traffic Investigator Vishal Rattanchandani at (714) 536-5231, per the department's post. The Tribune's report repeated the same request for witnesses to come forward.
Second Fatal E-Bike Crash in the City This Year
Saturday's death was the second fatal e-bike incident in Huntington Beach in recent months, the Times notes. On July 21, a man riding an e-bike collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Warner Avenue and Plaza Lane and died five days later from his injuries, according to the same report.
The pattern fits a broader regional surge. California Highway Patrol data cited by the Orange County Register shows reported e-bike crashes statewide jumped from 48 in 2020 to 1,366 in 2025. Separately, a study referenced by the Times found e-bike riders were involved in at least 4,035 California collisions between 2018 and 2024, with people involved in e-bike collisions suffering more injuries than people in collisions involving traditional bicycles.
Youth injuries tied to e-bikes have also climbed sharply in Orange County. CHOC's emergency room recorded just one e-bike-related trauma patient in 2021, a number that grew to 38 in 2022, 61 in 2023, 125 in 2024 and 201 in 2025, according to Voice of OC. The outlet also reported that a 13-year-old boy died in Garden Grove after hitting a center median while riding an e-moto, and that a Cal State Fullerton soccer player died in November 2025 after colliding with a box truck while riding an e-scooter.
Huntington Beach police have previously said the true scope of e-bike crashes may be larger than official numbers suggest. According to a statement attributed to Sgt. Thomas on the city's website, many areas don't track e-bike crashes separately from regular bicycle collisions, or don't report them at all, so the problem is probably far worse than what shows up on paper. A free youth training was held at Spring View Middle School in June 2025.
California bicycle fatalities overall have followed an uneven trend over the past decade, rising from 2016 to 2018, declining from 2019 to 2021, spiking again in 2022 and then trending downward, according to data from the UC Berkeley SafeTREC crash database. The investigation into Saturday's Huntington Beach crash remains open as detectives work to determine what ultimately caused the fatal fall.
