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A Bicycle Crash Can Change Independence in Seconds A spinal cord injury after a bicycle crash can affect far more than a rider's ability to walk. Depending on the level and severity of the injury, it may change hand function, balance, endurance, bowel and bladder control, employment, transportation, family roles, and the ability to complete...

A Slow-Moving Vehicle Can Still Cause A Serious Crash A driver eases out of a Chicago parking lot and clips a cyclist's front wheel. A passenger opens a car door into a bike lane while the vehicle is completely stopped. A driver makes a slow right turn across a cyclist's path at an intersection. None...

The ABC7 I-Team Found the Same Violations the City Thought Were Fixed. Cyclists and Pedestrians Are Still at Risk. Federal and local officials say illegally parked U.S. Postal Service trucks are once again creating safety hazards in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, months after city leaders believed the problem had been resolved. According to ABC7 Chicago’s...

What HB 4948 Does, Why It Matters, and What It Means for Injured Riders and Walkers in Chicago On May 20, 2026, the Illinois legislature passed Stop Super Speeders legislation, sending House Bill 4948 to Governor JB Pritzker's desk for signature. The bill, which passed the Senate 49-9 after clearing the House 77-24, lays the...

Two teenagers are dead. Millions of scooter trips are being taken across Chicago streets. And only now is the City of Chicago beginning to publicly confront the safety consequences of its rapidly expanding e-scooter program. According to recent reporting discussed in the City’s new e-scooter safety campaign, Chicago has seen record ridership levels while failing...

Chicago’s dense streets leave very little room for driver error—especially for people on bikes. In neighborhoods like Wicker Park, Logan Square, and the Loop, bicyclists are forced to share narrow streets with rideshare traffic, parked cars, buses, and an ever-growing number of delivery drivers. When a delivery driver looks at a phone instead of the...

A Bicycle Crash Can Throw The Brain Into Chaos In Seconds A cyclist doesn’t need to be pinned under a vehicle to suffer a life-changing brain injury in a bicycle accident. Sometimes the driver passes too close, opens a door into the bike lane, or makes a careless turn. Due to the driver’s negligence, the rider is...

A police report can feel like the final word after a bicycle crash. But for families grieving a loss or riders trying to recover from serious injuries, seeing official paperwork shift blame onto the cyclist can be devastating. And once that narrative is written down, it often shapes how insurers view the case, even when...

Sheridan Road Has Become an Accident Hotspot For People Walking In Rogers Park When an SUV driver hit and killed 34-year-old Sergio Maya near Pratt Boulevard and Sheridan Road in the early morning hours, it was not just a heartbreaking loss for his friends and family. The tragic collision was another painful warning about a...

What the Latest CDOT Crash Data Means for Injured Cyclists and Walkers in Chicago The Chicago Department of Transportation has released the Chicago Traffic Crashes Report, which details the number and type of crashes on Chicago’s streets. On paper, the numbers look like progress. Fewer fatalities. Fewer people seriously injured. Infrastructure investments finally starting to...