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Please don't write to ask for "more information" about any of these cases (or cases not listed). We put everything we have time to find out on the site, so what you see is all we know. This table is woefully incomplete because we don't have the resources to find every case or even find out all the details of the cases we do list.

Date
Cyclist
Fatality
Who at fault
Hit & Run
Motorist penalty
Driver was drinking
Day / Night
Lights at night
Helmet
5-19-08

Bernie

no
motorist
no
none
?
day
(day)
?
3-29-08

Carrie Miller

no
motorist
YES
charged w/failure to stop & render aid
?
?
?
?
8-26-06

Arjun Khanna

YES
motorist
no
charged w/intoxication manslaughter
YES
day
(day)
YES
5-21-06

Casey

4-22-06

Russ & John

no
motorist
no
none (ran red light, didn't even get a ticket)
no
day
(day)
YES
4-19-06

Cedar Park woman, 49

no
unknown
no
?
no
day
(day)
YES
4-18-06

Gay Simmons-Posey

YES
motorist
YES
?
?
day
(day)
YES
9-22-05

unknown

YES
cyclist
(probably, b/c riding on sidewalk)
no
?
no
day
(day)
unknown
10-11-04

unknown

no
motorist
(assumed, since hit & run)
YES
none
unknown
night
rear light, unknown about headlight
no
Jan. 2004

Michael Passman

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
day
(day)
YES
1-4-04

Andy Whitelock

(cyclist was beaten and left for dead and doesn't remember incident)

10-21-03

Mathew Rodieck (sp?)

no
motorist
no
ticket
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
7-23-03

unknown

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
day
(day)
no
12-3-02

Keith Vick

YES
both
no
n/a
no
day
(day)
unknown
9-29-02

unidentified

YES
unknown
unknown
none yet
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown
9-23-02

Kelton Valdez

YES
both
no
none
no
day
(day)
YES
4-21-02

Bill Moore

YES
probably motorist, b/c hit & run
YES
none yet
unknown
night
unknown
unknown
10-29-01

Krishan Walters

YES
neither
no
n/a
no
day
(day)
YES
6-16-01

Judy Monarch

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
?
unknown
unknown
5-19-01

Debra Prokop

YES
unknown
no
none
unknown
day
(day)
no
1-20-01

Ed Anderson

no
motorist
YES
none, yet
unknown
night
YES
no
12-4-00

Edward Day

YES
cyclist
no
n/a
unknown
night
no
unknown
11-14-00

Wm. Gardiner

YES
City, b/c of roadway obstacle?
n/a
lawsuit against City
n/a

10-31-00

Anneke Pfister

no
motorist
no
none, yet
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
10-27-00

Michael Bluejay

no
motorist
YES
Nothing, initially. See report
unknown
day
(day)
n/a (No injuries)
7-18-00

Matthew Bohr

YES
unknown
no
none
unknown
day
(day)
no
7-17-00

Police Officer

no
cyclist1
no
n/a
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
6-28-00

Keith Hailey

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
night
YES
unknown
3-18-00

Michael Smith

YES
unknown
no
none, yet
unknown
night
unknown
unknown
12-18-99

Jason Boardman
Cameron Cooper

no
motorist
no
none
fell asleep (Nyquil?)
day
(day)
YES
12-17-99

Jay Williams

no
motorist
YES
none yet 2
unknown
night
YES
no
11-17-99

Dr. Lee Chilton

no
motorist
no
traffic ticket
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
11-14-99

James A. Morgan

YES
motorist
YES
17 years
unknown
night
unknown
unknown
6-6-99

Janne Osborne

no
motorist
no
none
no
day
(day)
n/a
3-19-99

Mark Bennett Brooks

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
day
(day)
YES
10-2-98

Ben Clough

YES
motorist
no
community service
YES
night
no
no
7-4-98

David Moreno

YES
motorist
YES
???
YES
night
no
no
4-6-98

John Howell

no
motorist
no
traffic ticket
no
day
(day)
YES
3-98

Lance Armstrong

no
motorist
YES
10 years
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
1-98

Jennifer Schaeffer

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
day
(day)
unknown
6-14-97

Andrew Turner & Heather Sealey

YES Andrew
motorist
no
none
YES
dusk
no
unknown
6-97

Pete Haney

no
motorist
YES
none
unknown
night
unknown
no
11-24-96

William Sigtryggson

YES
motorist
YES
12 years
YES
night
no
no
10-96

Devorah Feldman

no
motorist
no
none
no
day
(day)
YES
9-6-96

Tom Churchill

YES
motorist
no
none
YES
night
unknown (had a light, was it on?)
YES
5-11-96

Robert Collins

YES
motorist
YES
none
unknown
?
?
?
1996

Thomas Linsley

(comatose)
motorist
YES
none
unknown
night
YES
YES

Rows marked in green above are the cases in which the the motorist was at fault, didn't try to flee, and received at least a traffic ticket, and in the case of a fatality, received a monetary fine or jail time. Notice has few green rows there are.

We presume the motorist is at fault when it's a hit-and-run; they're certainly at-fault for not bothering to stop.

Notes: 1 If the motorist had been at fault for hitting the officer, he would have been charged with crimes up and down the street and it would be all over the police department's press release. But the police have been silent on the subject of fault, and that's telling. We're therefore confident that the officer/cyclist was at fault since the police didn't blame the motorist. 2 The police would not take action on this case until a City Councilmember asked the police chief why they hadn't done anything about it.

Please don't write to ask for "more information" about any of these cases (or cases not listed). We put everything we have time to find out on the site, so what you see is all we know.

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