Niles Canyon Road, or California State Highway 84, is a windy 2 lane road, that runs near the Alameda Creek. This road is notorious for not being well lit at night. This accident occured at around 9:30PM in May 2024, meaning that the road was dark at this time. The Fremont PD states that the victim was on a motorcycle and struck a side barrier and was ejected off of the bike.

This stretch of Mission Blvd, or California State Highway 262, is primarily the only connection between I-680 and I-880 north of Downtown San Jose. People from the Tri-Valley Area (San Ramon, Danville, Livermore, Sunol, Dublin, and Pleasanton), Oakland, Richmond, and Milpitas all use this one corridor to transfer freeways. This presumeaby would create stress on this short stretch of road. This is why many collisions occur here. Most cars who commute using Mission Blvd on this stretch go substrantially faster on this road. The speed limit on I-680 before the exit is 65 mph, while the speed limit on I-880 after CA-262 is also 65 mph. Because this stretch is so short, vehicles treat this road like a freeway. Most collisions on this road occur on one of the 2 signals at Mojave Dr. Every single accident that has taken place on Mojave Dr has been a pedestrian collision. This is primarily because cars are driving at freeway speeds on a city street, and do not have time to stop at a light. Visibility is also a major problem. Cars driving fast at night, even with headlights on, might not catch a pedestrian trying to cross the road.