Our condolences to his family and friends.
A 19-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle collision in northwest Calgary on Friday afternoon.
It happened at Symons Valley Parkway and Evanston View N.W. at around 4:20 p.m.
The rider was travelling eastbound on Symons Valley Parkway when he "collided with a fixed object," acting Staff Sgt. Brad Cage of the Calgary Police Service said.
The CPS collision reconstruction unit is working to determine the cause. Cage said it wasn't immediately known whether speed or impairment were factors.
The second motorcyclist killed in ten days
On August 26, a 39-year-old man died after losing control of his motorcycle on McKnight Boulevard at Métis Trail N.E. Police said evidence at the scene suggested he was travelling in excess of 200 km/h. He was thrown from the bike and landed in the median.
That rider was later identified as Farooq Ahmad, a PUBG Mobile content creator with more than 925,000 YouTube subscribers. Our coverage is here.
Both collisions were single-vehicle. Both involved a rider losing control.
According to the Calgary Safer Mobility Plan annual report, motorcyclists accounted for 18 per cent of fatal collisions in the city between 2018 and 2025, and struck-object collisions account for 45 per cent of fatal collisions by type.
That second figure describes Friday's crash exactly.
Where it happened
Symons Valley Parkway runs through Evanston in Calgary's far northwest, one of the city's newer communities.
It's a wide arterial through a residential area, the kind of road that feels open in a way a similar road downtown does not. Police have released no findings on cause.
Three collisions in twelve hours
Friday into Saturday was a difficult stretch.
Friday, 9:40 a.m. An 80-year-old woman was struck by a Calgary Transit bus at Centre Street and Beddington Boulevard N.W.
Friday, 4:20 p.m. The Evanston motorcycle collision.
Early Saturday. Northbound Deerfoot Trail was shut for a time after a semi-truck rolled over at 17th Avenue S.E. A passenger vehicle also rolled when it reached the initial crash scene, and its three occupants were ejected. Cage said they did not receive serious injuries and were taken to hospital as a precaution.
Three people ejected from a rolling vehicle without serious injury is an unusual outcome. Ejection normally means someone wasn't restrained, and it's associated with far worse results than that.
The bus collision, with a detail that matters
New information about Friday morning's collision changes how it reads.
The 80-year-old woman was exiting through the rear door of the bus when she fell. The bus started to pull away and came into contact with her. She received serious, life-altering injuries.
The rear door is the detail. It sits well behind the driver, outside the field covered by the main mirrors, and a passenger who has already exited there is largely out of view.
Speed and impairment are not considered factors. The driver remained at the scene.
Our coverage of that collision is here.
The year so far
Calgary recorded 38 fatal collisions in 2025, including 15 pedestrians and two cyclists, all up from the year before. The 2024 total of 29 deaths had itself been the highest since 2013.
Council has been pressing on this all year. After two pedestrians were killed over the Family Day long weekend in February, councillors sought provincial help on traffic safety. In June, council received a report showing the rise in major injuries and deaths and asked administration to return this fall with stronger proposals.
Calgary spends about $5 million annually on mobility safety initiatives. Edmonton spends nearly $50 million a year. Toronto spends about $80 million.
Council approved an additional $7.5 million for pedestrian and traffic safety improvements under Vision Zero in the 2026 budget.
If you have information
Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to contact the Calgary Police Service at 403-266-1234.
Anonymous tips go to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at calgarycrimestoppers.org, or through the P3 Tips app.
If you were on Symons Valley Parkway on Friday afternoon, dash cam footage from around 4:20 p.m. is useful to the reconstruction unit. Save it before your system overwrites it.
What's still unknown
The rider's name, which police have not released.
Whether speed or impairment were factors, which the reconstruction unit will determine.
The condition of the woman struck by the bus, beyond the initial description.
Sources
Calgary Police Service
Calgary Safer Mobility Plan Annual Report 2026 — City of Calgary
Comments from acting Staff Sgt. Brad Cage and details of the three collisions as reported by Postmedia Calgary.
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