A man was killed Friday night after he was found struck in the roadway on Bear Valley Road just east of Bornite Avenue in Victorville, officials said, in the latest fatal crash along a corridor that has repeatedly drawn scrutiny over pedestrian safety. A silver Toyota Camry was involved and remained at the scene, with the female driver staying put and cooperating with investigators.
Deputies were called to the location at approximately 8:42 p.m. Friday after a report of a person found in the roadway, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Jenny Smith, as reported by Victor Valley News. Authorities shut down Bear Valley Road between Hesperia Road and Second Avenue while they investigated the fatal crash, closing off a significant stretch of the busy thoroughfare for hours. As of the report's publication, the investigation remained ongoing, with no further details released on how the collision occurred.
A Road With a Troubled History
Friday's crash is far from an isolated event on Bear Valley Road. Almost exactly a year earlier, on November 11, 2025, three separate vehicles struck a pedestrian identified as Luis Ramirez as he crossed from the road's north sidewalk to the south side, according to the Victorville Daily Press. That same corridor saw a man struck and killed in a hit-and-run near Mesa View Drive in the early morning hours of April 19, 2025, when the driver fled before deputies could arrive at the scene, per the earlier vvng.com account.
Just last month, a female pedestrian was seriously injured after a pickup truck struck her near Seventh Avenue and Bear Valley Road, Hoodline reported in its earlier coverage of a Bear Valley Road crash. And in June 2025, a pedestrian struck on Bear Valley Road in neighboring Hesperia was left in grave condition, prompting the closure of all eastbound lanes, the same outlet noted.
A City Already Flagged for Pedestrian Risk
The pattern tracks with a study cited by Victor Valley News that ranked Victorville second among the 25 cities it examined for pedestrian fatality rates, reporting 8.75 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021. That study, which analyzed crash data from cities with populations exceeding 100,000 using federal FARS records, found Victorville's pedestrian fatality rate had jumped 100% from 2020 to 2021 alone. Nationally, the same study found pedestrian deaths rose 77% between 2010 and 2021, reaching what it described as a 40-year high of 7,624 annual fatalities.
More recent county-level figures underscore the broader toll of vehicle collisions in the region, though they are not broken down by pedestrian status alone. San Bernardino County recorded 14,743 people injured or killed in vehicle collisions in 2025, including 213 deaths, according to San Bernardino County's traffic safety data, which notes those figures include drivers, passengers, cyclists, pedestrians and others.
No details have been released on the identity of the man killed Friday night, nor on the circumstances that preceded the collision. The investigation remains active, and officials have said additional information will be released as it becomes available.
