San Francisco
Traffic Violence

Every 2.89 hours a driver hurts someone in San Francisco with their motor vehicle. In 2024 drivers killed 42 people on our streets.
It's past time to end this madness.
By Stephen Braitsch
Data Updated April 23rd, 2025 – 2:44 AM

In 2014, San Francisco instituted a Vision Zero program committing the city to zero traffic related fatalities by 2024. Since San Francisco's Vision Zero program went into effect 11 years ago, 352 people have been killed  and 3,433 have been seriously injured by impatient and distracted drivers on its streets.

According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, a driver crashes their car AND injures someone with it approximately every 2.89 hours in San Francisco. That is more than 8 times per day, every single day and yet the majority of San Francisco's elected officials refuse to take this public health crisis seriously or even acknowledge when a pedestrian is killed in their district.

As San Francisco continues to lose approximately 40 people to traffic violence each year, it is clear that the city's current approach to Vision Zero isn't working. Instead of spending millions on signs and awareness campaigns that drivers ignore, San Francisco should be investing in infrastructure projects that prioritize pedestrians, force drivers to slow down and make it safer to walk, bike and scoot across the city.

This project is a live dashboard and map that tracks every motor vehicle related fatality on San Francisco's streets and attempts to identify the victims and circumstances surrounding each crash. The goal of this project is to help you work with your elected officials to demand they take immediate and aggressive action to slow our streets and prioritize your family's safety over driver convenience and the expediency of cars.

Motor Vehicle Fatalities by Year

Since San Francisco adopted its Vision Zero program in 2014, 352 people have been killed by traffic violence on its streets. That equates to a traffic related fatality every 11.58 days. The most recent fatality was on March 14th which was about 1 month ago.  San Francisco was due to experience its next traffic related fatality on March 26th which was 29 days ago.  As of today, April 24th, there have been 7 traffic related fatalities so far this year. San Francisco currently averages about 40 traffic related fatalities each year.

Pedestrians
Motorcyclists
Motorists
Bicycles & Scooters

Motor Vehicle Fatalities Running Average

This chart shows San Francisco's current daily running average of traffic fatalities for the year. This is calculated by dividing the number of days since the beginning of the year for each fatality by the number of fatalites recorded by that date, divided by 365. As times passes without a fatality, the daily running average decreases and conversely rises when someone is killed.

Motor Vehicle Injuries by Month

Approximately every 2.89 hours a driver crashes their car and injures someone with it in San Francisco. This chart shows the number of vehicle related injuries by month and the victim's mode of transit.

Crash data is sourced from the San Francisco Department of Public Health who typically publish new data every 3 months. The most recent data available is through February 28th, 2025.

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Motorcyclists
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Bicycles & Scooters

Motor Vehicle Injuries By Supervisor District

A safe, healthy and equitable city starts and ends with political will. All of the elected officials below have the authority to direct the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to expedite safety improvement projects in their district to protect you and your family. This section tracks the number of vehicle related injuries that have occurred since each elected official has taken office and will soon provide an interactive dashboard that shows how public safety issues in each district are trending over time.

Daniel Lurie
Mayor – San Francisco
Total Injuries
481
Injury Every
5.24 Hours
Minor
426
Severe
49
Fatal
6
Connie Chan
Supervisor – District 1
Total Injuries
815
Injury Every
1.92 Days
Minor
741
Severe
65
Fatal
9
Stephen Sherrill
Supervisor – District 2
Total Injuries
36
Injury Every
3.50 Days
Minor
31
Severe
5
Fatal
0
Danny Sauter
Supervisor – District 3
Total Injuries
55
Injury Every
1.91 Days
Minor
52
Severe
2
Fatal
1
Joel Engardio
Supervisor – District 4
Total Injuries
293
Injury Every
2.85 Days
Minor
275
Severe
15
Fatal
3
Bilal Mahmood
Supervisor – District 5
Total Injuries
50
Injury Every
2.10 Days
Minor
44
Severe
6
Fatal
0
Matt Dorsey
Supervisor – District 6
Total Injuries
1,703
Injury Every
15.22 Hours
Minor
1,530
Severe
159
Fatal
14
Myrna Melgar
Supervisor – District 7
Total Injuries
949
Injury Every
1.65 Days
Minor
864
Severe
73
Fatal
12
Rafael Mandelman
Supervisor – District 8
Total Injuries
1,633
Injury Every
1.52 Days
Minor
1,463
Severe
158
Fatal
12
Jackie Fielder
Supervisor – District 9
Total Injuries
80
Injury Every
1.31 Days
Minor
74
Severe
5
Fatal
1
Shamann Walton
Supervisor – District 10
Total Injuries
2,474
Injury Every
22.28 Hours
Minor
2,233
Severe
213
Fatal
28
Chyanne Chen
Supervisor – District 11
Total Injuries
28
Injury Every
3.75 Days
Minor
24
Severe
3
Fatal
1

About This Project

The following resources guided our research and we thank the authors for their work:

Crash data is sourced from the San Francisco Department of Public Health who typically publish new data every 3 months. Traffic Fatalities are added as soon as we learn of them.

This project was designed and developed by Stephen Braitsch with research support from Lindsay Meisel.